Go Programming

Learning

• Official Go Documentation.
  • Tutorial: Getting Started.
  • Tutorial: Create a Module.
  • A Tour of Go.
  • Effective Go.
  • Writing Web Applications.
• Learn Go With Tests (Updated: 11/2020, Checked: 11/2020).

Tooling

• go – The compiler.
  • go fmt – Reformats code to follow the “true standard” for Go.
  • go env – Display information about environment (e.g. OS, variables).
  • go run – Builds and starts your application.
  • go build – Builds executable.
  • go test – Runs tests.
  • go clean – Clears the cache of Go dependencies on your local system.
  • go doc – View documentation offline.
  • go vet – Static analysis of code.
• golint – Lints code.
• Package Management – Go Modules.
• Routing – gorilla / mux or the Standard Library.
• Web Frameworks – Gin.
• Testing – Standard Library.
• For a much more extensive/in-depth look see Alex Edwards’ “An Overview of Go’s Tooling” (4/2019) and Ekaterina Zharova’s “The State of Go” (2/2021).