From the course: Transition from Java to Go

Installation and setup

From the course: Transition from Java to Go

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Installation and setup

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- [Instructor] We begin by getting Go set up on your machine. I'm really excited to join you on your journey of becoming a Gopher. The Go installation steps are very simple and you should always follow the official installation documentation. The download and install instructions can be found at go.dev/doc/install. First, we will download the Go installer according to the platform you are running on. Depending on your internet connection speed, this might take a while. Next, follow the installation instructions according to your operating system. This will install Go in the default location, as well as added to your path environment variable. Finally, we will verify your installation in the terminal. I'll go ahead and do the installation off screen. You should complete the installation steps for your OS, then join me again when you're finished. Let's now verify our Go installation in the terminal. Remember to restart any open terminal sessions after installation. Let's now type Go version in the terminal. As we can see, the Go command is recognized and we have version 1.18 installed. In this course, we will be using the newest release of Go, which is 1.18 at the time of recording. That's all we need to do to get up and running with Go. Let's start coding.

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