Snippington Golang Basic

This VSCode extension provides a comprehensive collection of useful Golang snippets to accelerate your Go development workflow.

50+ Snippets for Golang Development

Most of the snippets are based on examples from gobyexample.com.

Features

• Consistent prefix pattern (go:) for easy discovery
• Covers essential Go patterns and constructs
• Properly formatted with placeholders for customization
• Organized by category (basics, functions, data structures, concurrency, HTTP)

Available Snippets

Prefix	Description
go: hello	Go Hello World app
go: pkg	Set a Go package name
go: fn	A simple function
go: func	A simple function
go: func-public	A simple public function
go: print	Print to console
go: main	Main Function
go: var	Variable
go: short-var	Short variable
go: const	Constant
go: switch	Switch
go: arr	Array
go: slice	Slice
go: map	Map
go: range	Range
go: func-mult	Function with multiple values returned
go: func-variadic	Variadic functions
go: pointer	Pointer
go: struct	Struct
go: struct-embedded	Embedded struct
go: struct-method	Method for a struct
go: error	Raise error
go: routine-anon	Anonymous goroutine
go: routine-basic	Basic goroutine
go: channel	Channel
go: channel-buffered	Buffered channel
go: channel-wait-select	Using select to wait on channels
go: channels-range	Range over channels
go: worker-pools	Worker pools
go: waitgroup	WaitGroup declaration
go: waitgroup-snippet	WaitGroup implementation snippet
go: mutex-snippet	Mutex implementation snippet
go: server-hello	HTTP Server Hello World
go: server-set-header	HTTP Server Set Header
go: server-form-post-value	HTTP Server Get Form Post Value
go: server-query-string	HTTP Server Get Query String Value
go: server-return-json	HTTP Server return JSON snippet
go: server-serve-image	HTTP Server serve an image
go: server-serve-static	HTTP Server serve static files
go: server-middleware	HTTP Server Middleware
go: server-file-upload	HTTP Server File Upload Handler
go: server-logging-middleware	Server middleware for logging
go: server-chained-middleware-sample	Chained Middleware sample app
go: unit-test	Unit Test
go: cli-args	Read Command Line Args
go: interface	Define interface
go: file-write	Write to file
go: write-to-log	Write to log file
go: env-get	Get environment variable
go: env-set	Set environment variable

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS)
3. Type ext install snp-go-basic
4. Press Enter

Usage

In any Go file, start typing go: to see a list of available snippets and select the one you need.

Feedback and Contributions

If you find any issues or have suggestions for new snippets, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

MIT