gobasic

This is a repository for learning Go programming language basics.

Install Go

Xref Installing Go

Example steps on Linux:

• Download Go from golang downloads

$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz

• Install Go

$ mkdir -p ~/Workspace/Go/
$ tar -C ~/Workspace/Go/ -xzf go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ cd ~/Workspace/Go/
$ mkdir projects && cd projects

• Update ~/.bashrc to set envirnment variables

export GOROOT=$HOME/Workspace/Go/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/Workspace/Go/projects