Go - Installation

Steps

• Install the go binary in the default location GOROOT
• Create a directory workspace with the following subdirectory
  • src (Go source files),
  • pkg (Package objects)
  • bin (Executable commands).
• Set up the workspace GOPATH environment variable to the root path of the workspace
• Add the GOPATH/bin and GOROOT/bin to the PATH env os.

Optional

GNU Compiler for Windows

• Install TDM-GCC A compiler suite for 32- and 64-bit Windows based on the GNU toolchain

Idea Configuration

• Install the Go Plugin: https://github.com/go-lang-plugin-org/go-lang-idea-plugin/
• Setup the go SDK to your GOROOT
• Open/Create a new project in a directory below your base path. If your package is called hello, open/create the directory base_path\hello.