Go - Installation
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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.