golang

• Go is an opensource programming language developed by Google.
• Go provides garbage collection, type safety, dynamic-typing capability.
• Go provides a rich standard library, called as packages (Standard Libraries) - goPackages

Getting Started

1. How to install and set up Go
2. How to set custom goPATH
3. How to write Go Code
4. Dependency Management with go modules

__*GOPATH must not be the same path as your Go Installation*__  

# gopath can be any directory on your system  
Edit your `~/.bash_profile` and add the line: `export GOPATH=$HOME/go`  
source your bash_profile `source ~/.bash_profile`

# Set the GOBIN path to generate a binary file when go install is executed.
 `export GOBIN=$HOME/go/bin`

Environment variables

Command to check environment variables go env

Workspaces

Workspace in go is a directory hierarchy with 3 directories at its root

• src : The src directory contains source code.The path below src determines the import path or executable name.
• pkg : contains go installed package objects. Each target operating system and architecture pair has its own subdirectory of pkg
  format: pkg/GOOS_GOARCH
  example: pkg/linux_amd64
• bin : contains executable binaries.

IDE for golang

Visual Studio Code
GoLand

Getting help with go commands

go provides extensive command line help by simply using help option as argument, For any help related to go , use

go help <command>

examples:

go help build

go help install

go help clean

go help gopath

How to build go executables for different architectures

The go build command allows us to create executables for all golang supported architectures. To build executables for different architectures GOOS and GOARC arguments need to be set accordingly.

env GOOS=target-OS GOARCH=target-architecture go build <package-import-path>
env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build <path_to_go_src>

To get a complete list of all supported platforms and architectures, use the command : go tool dist list

sriram@optimus-prime:~$ go tool dist list
android/386
android/amd64
android/arm
android/arm64
darwin/386
darwin/amd64
darwin/arm
darwin/arm64
dragonfly/amd64
freebsd/386
freebsd/amd64
freebsd/arm
linux/386
linux/amd64
linux/arm
linux/arm64
linux/mips
linux/mips64
linux/mips64le
linux/mipsle
linux/ppc64
linux/ppc64le
linux/s390x
nacl/386
nacl/amd64p32
nacl/arm
netbsd/386
netbsd/amd64
netbsd/arm
openbsd/386
openbsd/amd64
openbsd/arm
plan9/386
plan9/amd64
plan9/arm
solaris/amd64
windows/386
windows/amd64

References

golang Tutorial
golang wiki page
curated list of awesome Go frameworks