rsfyi/golang-13july2020

✍ GO commands

1. go run 🏃 - compiles and executes multiple files
2. go build 🏗 - compiles the program
   1. generates executable file as main.exe on windows and main on macOS
   2. ./main - to execute this file
3. go fmt ✅ - formats all the code in each file in current directory
4. go install - compiles and installs the package
5. go get - gets the raw source code of someone else's package
6. go test - Runs any tests associated with the current project

Packages are of multiple types

• Executable
  • package main - executable type packages
• Reusable