Cant use a GoLang http server in vs code

Question

When i try to run my http server (written in go) in vs code, it comes up with the error: main.go:1:1: expected 'package', found 'EOF'. but it works when i write it in note pad and do it manually(not in vs code)(it dosent work even if it was created in vs code and i compiled and run outside of vs code)

Heres the code:

package main

import "net/http"

func main() {

    http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)

}

and i believe i have the go.mod file

heres what is in it

module http-server

go 1.22.0

Answer 1

Hello @William Roberts,

Thank you for taking time to post this issue in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

VS Code(is different from VS) is currently not supported in the Microsoft Q&A forums, the supported products are listed over here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products/

For the related questions about VS Code, please kindly post here: Github – vscode.

Thanks for your understanding, have a great day.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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