Go.CodingChallenges

Some coding challenges to develop my knowledge and skills in go.

Current programs

passwordValidator

A simple password validator with tests

swapFunction

Swap two strings

whichOS

Return a string describing the OS with tests

wordNumbers

Return a number as a word. For example, 2809 would be "two eight zero nine" with tests

Language information

This program is written in Go using Visual Studio Code, further information on this language can be found at: https://golang.org/.

Vscode

Download from https://code.visualstudio.com/.

Go

Download and install Go from https://golang.org/dl/.

Install with chocolatey

choco install golang

Vscode Plugin

Install the Go (@id:ms-vscode.go) Plugin. This extension adds rich language support for the Go language to VS Code.

Programming Guide

A programming guide for this language can be found at: https://golang.org/doc/

How to run

1. Open the .go file in vscode
2. Run by pressing Ctrl+F5

Alternatively

Build with

go build [file].go

Run with (Windows)

./[file].exe

Run with (Linux)

./[file]

Download

Clone

Using The Command Line

1. Press the Clone or download button in the top right
2. Copy the URL (link)
3. Open the command line and change directory to where you wish to clone to
4. Type 'git clone' followed by URL in step 2

$ git clone https://github.com/FredHappyface/Go.CodingChallenges

More information can be found at https://help.github.com/en/articles/cloning-a-repository

Using GitHub Desktop

1. Press the Clone or download button in the top right
2. Click open in desktop
3. Choose the path for where you want and click Clone

More information can be found at https://help.github.com/en/desktop/contributing-to-projects/cloning-a-repository-from-github-to-github-desktop

Download Zip File

1. Download this GitHub repository
2. Extract the zip archive
3. Copy/ move to the desired location

Licence

MIT License Copyright (c) FredHappyface (See the LICENSE for more information.)