golang-setup

Go Setup (for local development)

Please note: Go 1.4.x is required to build 1.5+. This is because the Go compiler is written in Go as of 1.5.x. Previous versions' compilers were written in C, hence the instructions below to install 1.4 before 1.5.

• Install Go

brew install go

• Install GVM

  zsh < <(curl -s -S -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moovweb/gvm/master/binscripts/gvm-installer)
  

• Setup GVM/Go environment

gvm install go1.4 -B
gvm use go1.4
export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$GOROOT
gvm install go1.5

GVM will automatically set your GOBIN and GOPATH environment variables.

Go Project Setup (for local development)

Setting up Go for local development is a bit different than other languages. You will generally create a Go directory somewhere on your system and all projects, modules, binaries and packages will be stored here under a directory structure like below:

Go/
├── src/ - Source files of projects, modules and packages will be installed here.
│   ├── github.com/
│   ├── aws/
|   ├── ...
|   ├── golang.org/
|   └── my-golang-project/ - Your project source.
├── bin/ - Binaries will be compiled here.
└── pkg/ - Platform specific binaries to be packaged here.

Setup GOPATH project structure

cd ~/Source/Go
gvm pkgset create --local
gvm pkgset use --local

Environment is activated and ready. Now you can install and run a Go project:

git clone my-golang-project src
go build my-golang-project && ./my-golang-project

Go IDE Setup

• Follow the guides below to setup a decent Go IDE in VIM or Atom.
• https://github.com/fatih/vim-go
• https://github.com/farazdagi/vim-go-ide
• http://farazdagi.com/blog/2015/vim-as-golang-ide/
• https://atom.io/packages/go-plus
• https://github.com/joefitzgerald/go-plus
• https://github.com/nsf/gocode