Docs in auto-completion widget, Language server support in Windows and more!

Features:

• Segev Finer (@segevfiner)

  • Support documentation in auto-completion widget. Feature Request 194 implemented with PR 2054

• Kaarthik Rao Bekal Radhakrishna (@karthikraobr)

  • Support Copy Value, Copy as expression and Add to Watch features in the context menu on the variables pane in the debug viewlet. Feature Request 1990 implemented with PR 2020

• Sewon Park (@sphawk)

  • go.gopath & go.toolsGopath settings now support the use of environment variables using the format ${env:XXX}. Feature Request 1732 implemented with PR 1743

• Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)

  • Language Server from Sourcegraph is now supported on Windows as well.
  • Fallback to using nsf/gocode when using Go version 1.8 or older due to mdempsky/gocode#73
  • golint and gogetdoc are no longer supported in Go version 1.8 or older
  • Use go doc instead of godoc for the showing the documentation when hovering over symbols and the Signature Help widget.

• Marcus Farkas (@ToothlessGear)

  • Pass list of packages to single go build call instead of calling go build on each package to improve performance. Fixes Bug 1890 with PR 2021

• Denys Yaroshenko (@freezlite)

  • Skip auto-generated stack frames from delve. Fixes Bug 1987 & Bug 2038 with PR 2029

• Diogo Monteiro (@diogogmt)

  • Clear coverage decorators before applying new ones to avoid brighthned coverages. Fixes Bug 2045 with PR 2047

Engineering Updates

• Alexandros Dorodoulis (@alexdor)

  • Update all dependencies and use latest typescript. PR 2014
  • Use latest version in launch.json and tasks.json files, update README for debugging. PR 2013

• AnguloHerrera (@angulito)

  • Fix failing travis tests

• @SteelPhase

  • Refactor the fix for Bug 2045 with PR 2068

• @wachino

  • Add more tests for util.ts file

Documentation Updates By

• @annnnur
• Zachary Russell (@zachary-russell)
• Joel Williams (@flowonyx)
• Wim (@42wim )
• @nxadm