Installing Go

Go Resorces

• http://devs.cloudimmunity.com/gotchas-and-common-mistakes-in-go-golang/
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSak_q1UXfPrI6D67NF8ajfeJ6f7MH83S Learn To Code - Golang Training
• https://exercism.org/tracks/go/exercises
• https://golang.org/pkg/html/template/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZTnp8rDnl0 Web Programming with the Go Programming Language
• https://devhints.io/go Go cheatsheet

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Build on Linux

• export GOPATH=/var/go/web/
• echo $GOPATH

GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o web

Build on Windows

• set GOARCH=amd64
• set GOARCH=386
• set GOOS=linux
• set GOOS=windows
• echo %GOROOT%

go build -o hello.exe hello.go

List of GOOS/GOARCH supported by Go

Installing GO on Debian

cd /usr/local
curl -LO https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/go/go1.9.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
shasum -a 256 go1.9.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.9.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz

vi ~/.profile

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=/var/go
export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct

source ~/.profile

echo $GOROOT

Installing GO on RedHat

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:$GOPATH/bin


export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
# $GOPATH has bin, pkg sub-directories.
export GOPATH='/home/username/go'

# $GOROOT/src is where the source code for the standard library lives.
export GOROOT='/usr/lib/golang'

export PATH
unset USERNAME                      

Installing GO on Windows

After downloading and installing, specify where the code is stored in system variable. CLI command: set GOPATH=F:\GoCode

Check existing variables go env. Check current version go version.

Go tools

To install and run tools, $GOPATH/bin must be added to $PATH.

• go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest
• go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/present@latest
• go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc@latest godoc -http :8080
• go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/gonew@latest
• go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
• go install github.com/cortesi/modd/cmd/modd@latest
• go install github.com/mgechev/revive@latest