Install and set up Go

Set up the Go development environment

Install Git

• For Mac see Install Git on Macintosh
• For Windows see Install Git on Windows

Install the Go Programming Language

• Download the Go distribution from The Go Programming Language page and follow the installation instructions.

Test the Go installation

• Open a new terminal window, so the new PATH settings are imported, and execute

go version

Download a remote sample package

To download the package, in a terminal window execute

go get github.com/golang/example/hello

Navigate to the directory of the downloaded application

cd ~/go/bin

To run the package, execute

hello

Install the Go IDE

The Atom editor is a great IDE for Go. To enable the IDE features in Atom

• • Start Atom
  • Open the settings window
    • On the Mac select the Preferences item in the Atom menu
      
    • On Windows select the Settings item in the File menu
      
• On the left side select Install
  
• Search for atom-ide-ui and install the package
  
• Search for ide-go and install the package
  
• Restart Atom