January 2024
Beginner
494 pages
12h 30m
English
Content preview from Learning Go, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 1. Setting Up Your Go Environment
Every programming language needs a development environment, and Go is no exception. If you’ve already built a Go program or two, then you have a working environment, but you might have missed out on some of the newer techniques and tools. If this is your first time setting up Go on your computer, don’t worry; it’s easy to install Go and its supporting tools. After setting up the environment and verifying it, you will build a simple program, learn about the different ways to build and run Go code, and then explore some tools and techniques that make Go development easier.
Installing the Go Tools
To build Go code, you need to download and install the Go development tools. You can find the latest version of the tools at the downloads page on the Go website. Choose the download for your platform and install it. The .pkg installer for Mac and the .msi installer for Windows automatically install Go in the correct location, remove any old installations, and put the Go binary in the default executable path.
Tip
If you are a Mac developer, you can install Go using Homebrew with the command brew install go. Windows developers who use Chocolatey can install Go with the command choco install golang.
The various Linux and BSD installers are gzipped TAR files and expand to a directory named go. Copy this directory to /usr/local and add /usr/local/go/bin to your $PATH so that the go command is accessible:
$ tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz ...
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