https://github.com/devcontainers-community/features-tinygo

🤏 Installs tinygo from tinygo-org/tinygo
https://github.com/devcontainers-community/features-tinygo

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🤏 Installs tinygo from tinygo-org/tinygo

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/devcontainers-community/features-tinygo
• Owner: devcontainers-community
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-08-17T01:37:49.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-05T16:18:23.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-09-05T17:35:09.074Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: compiler, devcontainer-feature, devcontainers, embedded, go, installer-script, tinygo
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 134 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# TinyGo Dev Container Feature

🤏 Installs tinygo from [tinygo-org/tinygo]



  



> TinyGo is a new compiler for an existing programming language, the Go

> programming language. TinyGo focuses on compiling code written in Go, but for

> smaller kinds of systems:

>

> - The Go compiler and tools (from golang.org) are the reference implementation

>   of the Go programming language. They are primarily intended for server side

>   programming but also used for command line tools and other purposes.

> - The TinyGo project implements the exact same programming language. However,

>   TinyGo uses a different compiler and tools to make it suited for embedded

>   systems and WebAssembly. It does this primarily by creating much smaller

>   binaries and targeting a much wider variety of systems.

— [Overview | TinyGo](https://tinygo.org/getting-started/overview/)

This Dev Container Feature will install TinyGo using the official `.deb` from

the [TinyGo Releases page]. You are then able to use `tinygo` as normal! This

Feature will also auto-install the [TinyGo VS Code extension] and the official

[Golang VS Code extension]. Happy Gophering! 🐿️

## Usage

![Codespaces](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?style=for-the-badge&message=Codespaces&color=181717&logo=GitHub&logoColor=FFFFFF&label=)

![Devcontainers](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?style=for-the-badge&message=Devcontainers&color=2496ED&logo=Docker&logoColor=FFFFFF&label=)

To use this feature, all you need to do is add it to your `devcontainer.json`

like this:

```jsonc

// devcontainer.json

"features": {

  "ghcr.io/devcontainers-community/features/tinygo": {}

}

```

❓ Don't know what this ☝ means? Check out [this VS Code blog post].

### Options

If you want to specify a specific version of TinyGo, you can do so like this

with the `version` option:

```jsonc

"features": {

  "ghcr.io/devcontainers-community/features/tinygo": {

    "version": "0.29.0"

  }

}

```

[this vs code blog post]: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2022/09/15/dev-container-features

[tinygo-org/tinygo]: https://github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo

[TinyGo Releases page]: https://github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/releases

[TinyGo VS Code extension]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tinygo.vscode-tinygo

[Golang VS Code extension]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=golang.go