How do I debug a program written in the Go language?

Question

How do I debug a Go program? I have been using the Gedit Go IDE, but it doesn\'t have debugging. Is there a way to step though my code and inspect memory? Or am I stuck with

Answer 1

New initiative (started May 2014): derekparker/delve

Delve is a Go debugger, written in Go.
(mainly for Linux though, OsX support is coming, Windows support unknown supported in 2016)

Features

• Attach to an already running process
• Launch a process and begin debug session
• Set breakpoints, single step, step over functions, print variable contents

Usage

The debugger can be launched in three ways:

Compile, run, and attach in one step:

$ dlv -run

Provide the name of the program you want to debug, and the debugger will launch it for you.

$ dlv -proc path/to/program

Provide the pid of a currently running process, and the debugger will attach and begin the session.

$ sudo dlv -pid 44839

Breakpoints

Delve can insert breakpoints via the breakpoint command once inside a debug session, however for ease of debugging, you can also call runtime.Breakpoint() and Delve will handle the breakpoint and stop the program at the next source line.