Go Hello World
The best ways to start with any language is to write classic hello world program. So, to start with Golang write a program to print “Hello World !!!” on console.
Step 1: Write Hello World program
Create a file helloworld.go in any of the directory and open the file using any of your favorite text editor. Now, write below code to print “Hello world !!!”.
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package main import ( "fmt" ) func main() { fmt.Println("Hello World !!!") } |
Step 2: Run the program
Open command prompt inside the directory and use following command to run the program.
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$ go run helloworld.go Hello World !!! |
Step 3: Create binary and execute it
To create executable binary, Golang provides go build command. Now use the command and execute the binary.
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$ go build helloworld.go $ ./helloworld Hello World !!! |
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