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Hello World! in Go

exploring Go with the simplest example

Notes

This simple example demonstrates a few Go features:

  • package names. Executable commands must always use package main.
  • placing packages in unique import paths (lck/hello, lck/stringthings)
  • conventional project structure: src, pkg, bin folders
  • compile and build without makefiles (go install ..)
  • conventions for unit testing

Running the Example

Set the GOPATH to the folder containing the src. Here I’m running from the folder itself:

$ export GOPATH=$(pwd)

Run the tests:

$ go test lck/stringthings
ok    lck/stringthings  0.006s

Compile and run the executable it produces in the bin folder:

$ go install lck/hello
$ bin/hello
Hola Mundo
odnuM aloH

Credits and References

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