Support for debugging (this has been implemented) about go-lang-idea-plugin

[alexandre-normand]

I'm really interested in working on this after I'm done with the Makefile build system. I'll assign it to myself but feel free to take it if you think I'm not going fast enough ;)

[mtoader]

I know that the go sdk can build programs with debugging support (aka. debuggable by gdb :)). This should let us debug go programs :). I would love for you to work on this. Once i'm happy with the completion things i will also try to help you. :)

[tomnewton]

Are you guys still planning to work on this?

[mtoader]

Hi Tom,

Is still on the roadmap but there is no time for it yet. I'm in the process of moving and don't have so much time to work on this.

[trungpham]

is this something relatively easy to implement?

I don't really see any other GoLang IDE that has an integrated debugger either

[netvl]

This is certainly not something easy. Debugging Go programs mean debugging native code, and this very different from debugging VM languages (e.g. Java) which usually have builtin debug support. Easiest path I think is to integrate support for GDB (this is how most Linux or even crossplatform IDEs for C/C++ work), however, this is certainly not simple and it may have problems with cross-platform portability. I think this approach is possible to observe in C/C++ IDEA plugin, though it will certainly require significant changes to work for Go.
So you have to use GDB directly or one of its wrappers if you really need to debug Go code in nearest future.

[mtoader]

Yep. This is correct Vladimir.

The correct way is to implement the debugger interfaces in inteliij and to hook them to a running gdb process. It's not trivial but it's not that complicated either. It just needs time (which i'm in short supply atm unfortunately).

[imosquera]

Hey guys, I was wondering if gdb support ever got integrated into the master branch of this project or if there was a status. I can say as a golang dev this is a feature in high demand.

[mtoader]

Unfortunately it was not.

[laomoi]

Debugger integrated in the intellij IDEA is highly demanded! Do you have any plan on this?

[mtoader]

The plan is to get people to help :).

[VISTALL]

@mtoader Maybe be it help. Some guy already impl gdb in intellij. See https://bitbucket.org/spencercw/ideagdb/overview

[mtoader]

There is also up to date code from Maxim here: https://github.com/nicity/CppTools/tree/master/src/com/advancedtools/cpp/debugger

[VISTALL]

Yeah. I known it. Bad that me refused idea.

Maybe later i ill give more time for go + gdb. Problem - i dont wana create duplicate code only for google go.

Ah, about gae, maybe u found some interest https://github.com/consulo/consulo-google-app-engine-api

Regards

[dlsniper]

I'll try and tackle the issue with debugging up soon. I've just finished porting the plugin to non-IDEA IDEs, see #303, and I need to run some tests for it.

[dlsniper]

As for Google Apps Engine suport, the plugin already has it, albeit I'm not able to test it.

[svalleru]

+1 for go lang debugger support on IntelliJ Idea

[dlsniper]

@shankarvalleru I like the enthusiasm so... get the build from master, from my dropbox (see link in readme) or wait for 0.9.16 :) But remember, it's going to be only as good as gdb is for go.

[svalleru]

@dlsniper thanks alot

[mlmasterson]

looking forward to this!

[dlsniper]

@mlmasterson you can check the build from my dropbox. Unfortunately, it works as good as gdb + go will work so sorry :)

[paulocoutinhox]

+1 debugger

[dlsniper]

@prsolucoes what's the point of +1-ing a closed issue? Do you suggest you'd like to work on it? If so, please have a look at the PR for delve which is a work in progress #1640

[ignatov]

The latest nightly build contains dlv integration.

[svalleru]

@ignatov, that's great, where to get the nightly build ?

[dlsniper]

@svalleru please read the instructions in the README: https://github.com/go-lang-plugin-org/go-lang-idea-plugin#pre-release-builds Also keep in mind that there are some issues that might appear that are not catched yet or are part of delve itself. If you do encounter such issues, please open an issue for them (if they are not reported already). Thank you.

[svalleru]

Sure thing.

[aaa4xu]

Any instructions about starting debug with dlv? I'm downloaded latest nightly build and Debug button is disabled

[dlsniper]

I'll add the instructions soon. Delve only supports Linux and Mac OS X

[dlsniper]

@aaa4xu and everyone else who's wondering how the integration works: Please make sure you are running on a supported IDE (see the README in the root of the project), open your project, set the breakpoints you want and then press the Debug option instead of the run option. You need to create a run configuration of type Go Application as a Run configuration of type Go file is not supported yet (the debug button is disabled for that configuration).

Hope it helps.

[pylover]

+10000 for supporting debug

[zolotov]

@pylover it's been implemented month ago

[dlsniper]

@pylover I'm sorry but clearly you haven't read the README nor the comment above. Delve support is currently implemented and working (on the platforms delve is working).

[pylover]

Thanks a lot, i'll read it