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It's very easy to install Go on Mac OS. Let's get started.
1. Download Go Mac OS Installer Package
Go to the GoLang download page: https://golang.org/dl/ and download the Mac OS installer package.
2. Run the Installer Package to Install Go on Mac
Open the Mac OS installer package and follow the steps. There are no configurations and options to choose from, so it's a straight forward installation.
3. Verifying Go Installation by checking its version
Launch the terminal and run the go version command and it should print the GoLang version.
Congratulations! GoLang has been successfully installed on your Mac OS.
Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.
Installation
You can follow the official instructions on how to install Go, or you can use Homebrew instead:
When installed, run go version to see the installed version of Go.
Setup your workspace
The GOPATH and PATH environment variables
The GOPATH environment variable specifies the location of your workspace. It defaults to a directory named go inside your home directory ($HOME/go).
If you really want to change your GOPATH to something else add GOPATH to your shell/bash/zsh initialization file .bash_profile, .bashrc or .zshrc.
Add GOPATH/bin directory to your PATH environment variable so you can run Go programs anywhere.
Make sure to re-source source .bash_profile your current session or simply open new tab within iTerm.
Write your first program
Create a file in your workspace $GOPATH/src/hello/main.go and add some code, for example:
Run the program by running:
If you wish to compile it and move it to $GOPATH/bin, then run:
Since you have $GOPATH/bin added to your $PATH, you can run your program from anywhere:
Import a Go package
Besides creating your own packages you can import and use other packages in your Go code. To do so you'll use the go get command:
The command above will import the package mux into this directory $GOPATH/src/github.com/gorilla/mux.
You can then use this package in your Go programs like this:
Tooling and learning
Format your code
Go has a built-in tool that automatically formats Go source code.
To format a single file run:
You can also format an entire package:
Note: that the command is different from formatting a single file
Generate documentation
With the godoc command you can generate documentation from your code and read documentation from other packages.
You need to respect some spec in order to document using godoc. More information in the Godoc documentation.
Learn more
Mac Os To Go
The interactive tutorial will let you learn more about Go. You can also install it locally by go get golang.org/x/tour and running it anywhere by tour (given that you added GOPATH/bin to your PATH).
