Delve Into Go
Explore the intricacies of Delve, a debugger specifically tailored for the Go programming language, in this GopherCon 2015 talk by Derek Parker. Dive deep into the unique characteristics of Go that make traditional debuggers unfeasible, such as the runtime scheduler. Learn why a new debugger was necessary for Go and how Delve aims to solve problems with existing debuggers like GDB. Understand Go's non-traditional execution model, including stack management, defer statements, goroutines, and the Go scheduler. Discover how Delve handles context switches, channel operations, and runtime stack inspection. Get insights into compiler optimizations and how they affect debugging. Learn to start debugging with Delve, including how to debug standalone packages. Explore the history of Delve and its various commands for control flow and information gathering, including single-stepping through programs.