GoLand vs Visual Studio Code

Overview

Visual Studio Code

Stacks186.5K

Followers169.1K

Votes2.3K

GitHub Stars178.2K

Forks35.9K

GoLand

Stacks564

Followers361

Votes10

GoLand vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

GoLand and Visual Studio Code are both popular integrated development environments (IDEs) used for programming. Here are the key differences that set them apart:

Code Completion and Navigation: GoLand offers advanced code completion and navigation features specifically tailored for Go programming. It provides smarter suggestions and a smoother coding experience compared to Visual Studio Code.
Refactoring Tools: GoLand has a wide range of built-in refactoring tools that make it easier to maintain and improve code quality. These tools automate common tasks like renaming symbols, extracting functions, and optimizing imports. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, relies on extensions for refactoring capabilities.
Debugger Functionality: GoLand has a powerful debugger with advanced features for breakpoints, variable tracking, and stepping through code. It offers a seamless debugging experience, including support for running tests with breakpoints. Visual Studio Code also has a debugger but may require additional extensions for certain debugging scenarios.
Complete Go Development Environment: GoLand provides an all-in-one solution specifically designed for Go development. It comes bundled with integrated build tools, testing framework, and version control support. Visual Studio Code, while highly extensible, requires installing various extensions to achieve similar functionality.
Integration with IDE Ecosystem: GoLand seamlessly integrates with other JetBrains IDEs, allowing developers to switch between languages and projects effortlessly. It shares a consistent user interface and keybindings with other JetBrains products. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, is more versatile and supports a wider range of programming languages and frameworks.
Learning Curve and Customization: GoLand is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easier for new users to get started. It offers extensive documentation and tutorials to help users learn quickly. Visual Studio Code, though user-friendly as well, has a steeper learning curve. However, it provides a high degree of customization through extensions, allowing users to tailor their IDE to their specific needs.

In summary, GoLand provides a more focused and comprehensive development environment with advanced code completion, refactoring tools, and debugging capabilities. Visual Studio Code, while offering versatility and customization options, requires additional extensions and may not have the same level of tailored support for Go programming.

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Kamaleshwar

Software Engineer at Dibiz Pte. Ltd.

Jul 8, 2020

Decided

Visual Studio Code became famous over the past 3+ years I believe. The clean UI, easy to use UX and the plethora of integrations made it a very easy decision for us. Our gripe with Sublime was probably only the UX side. VSCode has not failed us till now, and still is able to support our development env without any significant effort.

Goland being paid, as well as built only for Go seemed like a significant limitation to not consider it.

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Simon

Student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Jan 9, 2020

Decided

I decided to choose VSCode over Sublime text for my Systems Programming class in C. What I love about VSCode is its awesome ability to add extensions. Intellisense is a beautiful debugger, and Remote SSH allows me to login and make real-time changes in VSCode to files on my university server. This is an awesome alternative to going back and forth on pushing/pulling code and logging into servers in the terminal. Great choice for anyone interested in C programming!

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Detailed Comparison

Visual Studio Code	GoLand
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.	Cross-platform IDE focused on Go development. It makes it very easy to read, write and change the code. Out of the box support it supports technologies and databases such as Javascript, TypeScript, React, PostgresSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
Combines UI of a modern editor with code assistance and navigation; Integrated debugging experience	-
Statistics
GitHub Stars 178.2K	GitHub Stars -
GitHub Forks 35.9K	GitHub Forks -
Stacks 186.5K	Stacks 564
Followers 169.1K	Followers 361
Votes 2.3K	Votes 10
Pros & Cons
Pros 341 Powerful multilanguage IDE 310 Fast 194 Front-end develop out of the box 158 Support TypeScript IntelliSense 142 Very basic but free Cons 46 Slow startup 29 Resource hog at times 20 Poor refactoring 14 Poor UI Designer 11 Weak Ui design tools	Pros 4 Auto-completion that is fast and comprehensive 4 Refactoring is efficient and has a simple UI 2 Git interaction becomes very simple and fast Cons 2 Not free
Integrations
No integrations available	React JavaScript GitHub Google Kubernetes Engine Golang Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL Git MariaDB

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GoLand vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

GoLand and Visual Studio Code are both popular integrated development environments (IDEs) used for programming. Here are the key differences that set them apart:

Code Completion and Navigation: GoLand offers advanced code completion and navigation features specifically tailored for Go programming. It provides smarter suggestions and a smoother coding experience compared to Visual Studio Code.
Refactoring Tools: GoLand has a wide range of built-in refactoring tools that make it easier to maintain and improve code quality. These tools automate common tasks like renaming symbols, extracting functions, and optimizing imports. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, relies on extensions for refactoring capabilities.
Debugger Functionality: GoLand has a powerful debugger with advanced features for breakpoints, variable tracking, and stepping through code. It offers a seamless debugging experience, including support for running tests with breakpoints. Visual Studio Code also has a debugger but may require additional extensions for certain debugging scenarios.
Complete Go Development Environment: GoLand provides an all-in-one solution specifically designed for Go development. It comes bundled with integrated build tools, testing framework, and version control support. Visual Studio Code, while highly extensible, requires installing various extensions to achieve similar functionality.
Integration with IDE Ecosystem: GoLand seamlessly integrates with other JetBrains IDEs, allowing developers to switch between languages and projects effortlessly. It shares a consistent user interface and keybindings with other JetBrains products. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, is more versatile and supports a wider range of programming languages and frameworks.
Learning Curve and Customization: GoLand is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easier for new users to get started. It offers extensive documentation and tutorials to help users learn quickly. Visual Studio Code, though user-friendly as well, has a steeper learning curve. However, it provides a high degree of customization through extensions, allowing users to tailor their IDE to their specific needs.

GoLand vs Visual Studio Code

Overview