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Code With Go
01. What, Who, Why and Where?
02. Compiled vs Interpreted languages
03. Types of Type!
04. Stack and Heap Memory
05. Garbage Collection
06. About Go
07. Go Playground
08. Hello, World!
09. Installing Go
10. Variables
11. Constants
12. Integers
12. Floats
13. Boolean
14. Strings
15. Complex Numbers
16. If Else
17. Switch
18. For
19. User Defined Types
20. Arrays
21. Slices
22. Structs
23. Maps
24. Functions
25. Defer
26. Pointers
27. Methods
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09. Installing Go

For Windows and Mac

  1. 1.
    Download Go from https://golang.org/dl​
  2. 2.
    Download Visual Studio Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/download​
  3. 3.
    Install Go extension from https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/go​

For Ubuntu

  1. 1.
    Install Go using Bash shell
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:longsleep/golang-backports
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install golang-go
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2. Install VS Code from software center
3. Install Go extension from https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/go​

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Open new terminal window and type in below command to verify Go is installed successfully.
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go version
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This should output current installed go version.
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