is there a way to "build and run package" ?

[tubzby]

I'm new to vs code(from "IntelliJ IDEA"), in my practise, "build and run package" in IDEA is very usefull.
For me, the only way to accomplish this is to create a tasks.json like this:

{
    // See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558\n
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format\n
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "echoCommand": true,
    "isShellCommand": true,
    "showOutput": "always",
    "suppressTaskName": true,
    "windows": {
        "command": "cmd",
        "args": [
            "/C"
        ]
    },
    "osx": {
        "command": "bash",
        "args": [
            "-c"
        ]
    },
    "tasks": [
        {
            "taskName": "build",
            "isBuildCommand": true,
            "args": [
                "go build $packagenames"
            ]
        },
        {
            "taskName": "run",          
            "isTestCommand": true,
            "args":[
                "./$packagename $args"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

then command + shift + B to build and command + shift + T to run a test.
unfortunately, the shell console doesn't accept input "ctrl-c", so i can't stop the program after startup.

Is there any quick way to "build and run package"?
I know debugging package is working, but not sure if it will cause performance issue or not.

[josefcs]

Is there any news on this, or have you been able to resolve this?

[ramya-rao-a]

Assuming your launch config is set to point to the package, wouldn't just hitting F5 work ?

[ramya-rao-a]

Looks like this should be doable as per microsoft/vscode#2780
Will try to get this in in the next update

[ramya-rao-a]

In the latest update (0.6.56), you can
- Press Ctrl+F5 or run the command Debug: Start Without Debugging to run using the currently selected launch configuration.
- If you don't have a launch.json file, then the current file will be run.
- Supported only for launch configs with type as debug and program that points to a Go file and not package

[gosp]

@ramya-rao-a it is a pity that GOPATH which is configured in settings.json isn't recognized by Debug: Start Without Debugging. I MUST reconfigure them in launch.json

the example of .vscode\settings.json

{
    "go.inferGopath": true,
    "go.toolsGopath": "D:\\SourceCode\\golang"
}

[ramya-rao-a]

@gosp We do send GOPATH as configured in settings.json to the Debug: Start Without Debugging command.

I have similar setting as yours where go.inferGopath is true and I have set a toolsGopath and nothing else. GOPATH is not configured as env var outside of VS Code either. And Debug: Start Without Debugging uses the inferred Gopath in my case.

• Run Go: Current GOPATH command and ensure what you see is what you expect your GOPATH to be
• Clear out GOPATH from env property of your debug configurations in launch.json if you have any and try again?

[gosp]

vscode golang extension is installed General GOPATH: "D:\\SourceCode\\golang"
So I MUST set "go.toolsGopath".
After Go: Current GOPATH:
Current gopath Current GOPATH is inferred from workspace root: d:\SourceCode\etc.project\server

Errors:

main.go:11:2: cannot find package "github.com/go-chi/chi" in any of:
	D:\Tools\go\src\github.com\go-chi\chi (from $GOROOT)
	D:\SourceCode\golang\src\github.com\go-chi\chi (from $GOPATH)

The error means it can't find package which is in vendor folder.

.vscode\launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Launch",
            "type": "go",
            "request": "launch",
            "mode": "debug",
            "remotePath": "",
            "port": 2345,
            "host": "127.0.0.1",
            "program": "${fileDirname}",
            "env": {},
            "args": [],
            "showLog": true
        }
    ]
}

[ramya-rao-a]

@gosp I can repro now. This is because, the debug adapter cannot read the settings. This is being tracked in #840. I have a way to get around this in mind, please follow #840 for now.