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Chime, a Go Editor for macOS – v1.0 Now Available

59 pointsby mattiemassabout 5 years ago

13 comments

shricabout 5 years ago
Cool. Some feedback from a few minutes of use:<p>- When I started typing a string, Chime added a double quote for me to terminate the string. Fine, but if I use my years of muscle memory to terminate the string myself, it should replace the inserted quote instead of letting me double them up: fmt.Printf(&quot;Hello&quot;&quot;) this does work correctly if you used autocomplete to generate a &quot; format &quot; hint from fmt.Printf.<p>- After typing fmt.Pr&lt;escape&gt; it showed me a number of options including fmt.Printf. When I selected that option, it presented me with fmt.Printf( format , a ) which I could fill in, fine. But I had to deliberately move the cursor into the &quot; a &quot; part to replace the &quot; a &quot; with my argument. If I didn&#x27;t and just moved right after the comma, it would do e.g.: fmt.Printf(&quot;%d&quot;, 42a) Also, the fmt.Printf would be highlighted green instead of light blue like the others. Furthermore, if I then tried to do fmt.Pr&lt;escape&gt; on the next line, it wouldn&#x27;t offer anything semantically related, just the local variables like x and y.
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geoahabout 5 years ago
Let me first of all thank you for even attempting this. An editor that comes out of the box for golang would be greatly appreciated by a lot of people, myself included.<p>First thing I notice opening chime is that I don&#x27;t know what I can do with it. - Other than opening a folder, getting code suggestions with ctrl+space, and getting additional context hovering with alt, I couldn&#x27;t find anything I could do. - An FAQ or feature list of what Chime is able and not able to do would go a long way.<p>Additionally a roadmap on the next plans for it, or even better an option for people who got a license to vote for features would be also nice.<p>---<p>As of now it seems like a solid start, but without simple things like a keypress to fuzzy match and open a file, show code errors, a way to run tests or code and see the output, it doesn&#x27;t seem to be usable for day to day work.<p>---<p>That been said, the current price is low enough that I&#x27;ll be getting one simply to show support for the project and come back to it every now and then to see how it evolves.<p>Good luck :)
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rvzabout 5 years ago
At last, I&#x27;m very pleased to see a native editor for a modern language like Golang, unlike the unpleasant experience I&#x27;ve had with VSCode and Goland which perform very poorly on my Macbook with other Electron and Java based software running.<p>I&#x27;m also switching back and forth with CodeRunner which runs great but has poor support for Golang debugging. If Chime adds support for a better build, run and debugging experience, it could be my &#x27;goto&#x27; editor for Golang. I wonder if Rust could have the same treatment for a dedicated editor, perhaps.<p>I paid for CodeRunner for the same quality and features and if building, running and debugging features works on Chime, that would be a direct purchase from me. Thanks for your work on Chime!
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mikegreenbergabout 5 years ago
Congrats on 1.0! Feedback:<p>- Most needed feature: project-level fuzzy file opener. Hotkeys open a textbox that let me type letters in, which brings up files which match (ideally applying a Must-Recently-Used algo). (See Ctrl+P for VIM) ((Bonus: The fuzzy finder considers non-project imported files as well.))<p>- Debugger integration. (My preference is Delve.)<p>- Syntax error highlighting.<p>- Consider using <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;fatih&#x2F;vim-go&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;fatih&#x2F;vim-go&#x2F;</a> as a list of nice features to add to your short(long)-list of ideas.<p>LMK, if I can elaborate on anything. I&#x27;ll be watching. Thanks for your hard work!
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dmitshurabout 5 years ago
Congrats on reaching this milestone, and thank you for working on this! As a user of Go and macOS, I&#x27;m glad it&#x27;s being developed.<p>I&#x27;ve installed it, and will give it a shot. I may need to wait for a few more features before I can use it (e.g., ability to open many Go files from a project and switch between them), but what&#x27;s there so far looks nice. Two-finger scrolling with bounce at the ends is very pleasant, better than Sublime Text.<p>Best of luck post-1.0.0!<p>Edit: I just realized I can open an entire directory, which gives me a sidebar and solves the problem of being unable to switch between files.
giancarlostoroabout 5 years ago
One thing this entire website is missing is screenshots. I have to literally download the press kit to find them. I shouldn&#x27;t even have to do that. They should be on the front-page or the downloads page, or both. Sublime Text does this, VS Code does it, Atom does it. It&#x27;s just good to know what an editor looks like long before anything else.<p>Screenshots tell you a lot about an editor.
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gschierabout 5 years ago
I&#x27;m super interested to see if such a niche tool can attract a big enough audience.<p>Is Chime only going to be for macOS, or are there plans to also bring it to other platforms like iPad, Windows, etc, too?
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eandreabout 5 years ago
Wow, this looks great! Will check it out immediately tomorrow morning!
jamil7about 5 years ago
I’m no a Go developer but was super excited to see someone taking this kind of approach to editors last time it was posted here. Downloaded and tried out the build, great stuff!
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bradknowlesabout 5 years ago
So, no confusion here?<p>See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;chime&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;chime&#x2F;</a>
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adiyatmubarakabout 5 years ago
Seems promising, but I can&#x27;t try due I still using OSX 10.4.2
mcdirtyabout 5 years ago
Disappointing this is only for macOS. For the time being I&#x27;m stuck with Goland from Jetbrains or VSCode. I applaud the effort though. The ecosystem could use far more options.
wlqlwlqlabout 5 years ago
download link seem to be broken