go-lessons

My own golang playground

1. How to install/upgrade go

1. Uninstall existing version: sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go.

2. Download TGZ from https://go.dev/dl/.

3. Extract new version: sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf /home/carlos/Downloads/go1.22.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz.

4. Make sure your PATH contains /usr/local/go/bin and /home/carlos/go:

   • echo $PATH | grep "/usr/local/go/bin"

2. Visual Studio Code support

3. Initializing a project

1. Create a folder in your repository, like mkdir project.

2. Once inside that directory, run go mod init github.com/lantero/go-lessons/project.