golang-gettingstarted

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golang-gettingstarted

Started using Go, mainly following these tutorials below:

• https://golang.org/doc/tutorial/getting-started
• https://golang.org/doc/code.html

Key Concepts Learned

Modules

• defining a module
• importing remote modules

Packages

• defining a package
• importing packages from remote modules and using them in .go scripts

Functions

• function definition (parameters, return value)
• documenting functions
• making functions available for exporting in a package

Testing

• writing simple test cases for my own packages
• using the "testing" package, more here: https://golang.org/pkg/testing/

Common Command Line

• running scripts: go run script.go
• running tests: go test
• building packages: go build helper.go
• creating a module: go mod init module.com/path/name
• installing a program: go install