How to run go file on vscode?

Question

I can't run the go program on vscode on my Win11 computer ( no run button, pressing Ctrl+F5 or F5 doesn't work ,like this: vscode ) and I can't debug it. It's not written on FAQ.

It works on my other Win10 PC. All dependencies are installed

This is my settings.json:

    "go.autocompleteUnimportedPackages": true,
    "go.gocodePackageLookupMode": "go",
    "go.gotoSymbol.includeImports": true,
    "go.useCodeSnippetsOnFunctionSuggest": true,
    "go.inferGopath": false,
    "go.gopath": "F:\\vscodefiles\\src\\hello",
    "go.goroot": "D:\\go\\",
    "go.useCodeSnippetsOnFunctionSuggestWithoutType": true,

why is this?

Answer 1

Try in the terminal:

go run myfirstprogram.go

Remember to install Go on your computer before, you can download it from its official page: https://go.dev/ and restart Visual Studio Code.

Answer 2

Besides installing Go locally, for VSCode you need to install the correct extension:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=golang.Go

You can install this extension by navigating to " Extensions " with:

Windows: ctrl + shift + x

MacOS: command + shift + x

Then searching for " go " which is by author " Go Team at Google "

When you navigate back to your code, you can now press F5 to trigger a debugging run.

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Note when pressing F5 pay attention to the bottom right as you may be prompted to install further dependencies (I had to install 3 more)

I also needed to execute this in a terminal as I kept seeing "no go.mod detected in the current directory"

go env -w GO111MODULE=off

as per this answer