Go (golang programming language)

Install Golang with Homebrew:

$ brew update
$ brew install golang

When installed, try to run go version to see the installed version of Go.

Setup the workspace:

Add Environment variables:

Go has a different approach of managing code, you'll need to create a single Workspace for all your Go projects. For more information consult : How to write Go Code

First, you'll need to tell Go the location of your workspace.

We'll add some environment variables into shell config. One of does files located at your home directory bash_profile, bashrc or .zshrc (for Oh My Zsh Army)

$ vi .bashrc

Then add those lines to export the required variables

# This is actually your .bashrc file

export GOPATH=$HOME/go-workspace # don't forget to change your path correctly!
export GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin

Create your workspace:

Create the workspace directories tree:

$ mkdir -p $GOPATH $GOPATH/src $GOPATH/pkg $GOPATH/bin

$GOPATH/src : Where your Go projects / programs are located
$GOPATH/pkg : contains every package objects
$GOPATH/bin : The compiled binaries home

Hello world time!

Create a file in your $GOPATH/src, in my case hello.go Hello world program :

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Printf("hello, world\n")
}

Run your first Go program by executing:

$ go run hello.go

You'll see a sweet hello, world stdout

If you wish to compile it and move it to $GOPATH/bin, then run:

 $ go install hello.go

Since we have $GOPATH/bin added to our $PATH, you can run your program from placement :

$ hello

Prints : hello, world

Some References and utilities:

Import a Go package:

You can create Go package, as well importing shared ones. To do so you'll need to use go get command

$ go get -u github.com/gorilla/mux

The command above should import github.com/gorilla/mux Go package into this directory $GOPATH/src/github.com/gorilla/mux

You can then use this package in your Go programs by importing it. Example:

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "log"
    "github.com/gorilla/mux" #Imported Go Package
)

func YourHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    w.Write([]byte("Gorilla!\n"))
}

func main() {
    r := mux.NewRouter()
    // Routes consist of a path and a handler function.
    r.HandleFunc("/", YourHandler)

    // Bind to a port and pass our router in
    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8000", r))
}

Format your Go code

Go has a tool that automatically formats Go source code.

$ gofmt -w yourcode.go

OR

$ go fmt path/to/your/package

Godoc : The documentation tool

Using the godoc command, you can generate a program documentation.

$ godoc fmt                # documentation for package fmt
$ godoc fmt Printf         # documentation for fmt.Printf
$ godoc -src fmt           # fmt package interface in Go source form

You need to respect some spec in order to document using godoc. You can read more about : godoc Documenting Go code

Discovering more the language:

The following interactive tutorial will let you discover Golang world : A tour of Go