What is Go Lang and How to Setup Go Lang on Windows .!!

What is Go Lang ?

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

You can read more about Go Lang From Here : https://golang.org/

Follow below Steps to Setup Go Lang on Windows Machine :

1.  Download the appropriate go version for your windows (x64 / x86) from here https://golang.org/dl/

2.  Extract downloaded zip.
3. Copy Go folder from extracted folder to C:\Go to make thing easier.
4.Ensure the Go binaries (found in C:\Go\bin) are in your Path system environment variables. To check click System, Advanced system settings, Environment Variables... and open Path under System variables:

Easy way to confirm your path is by typing go version in command line tool.

5.Setup your Go workspace. This consists of three folders at the root: \bin,\pkg & \src.

 6.Create the GOPATH environment variable and reference your Go workspace path. To add, click System, Advanced system settings, Environment Variables... and click New... under System variables:

Set the variable name to GOPATH and value to your Go workspace path (e.g. C:\Projects\Go):

 Check quickly if path has been set correctly or not from command line:

7. Create new file hello.go at C:\Projects\Go\bin directory and write following code into it:

8. That's it you are ready to run your hello world program of go Lang. Just go to your projects folder \bin directory from command line and type go run hello.go.