Golang

Go Basics and Syntax   go

Go is statically typed, compiled language so types exist. Basic built in types are boolean, integers, floating point numbers, complex numbers and strings(not including collections and such). Syntax:

func fn_name(parameters) return_type{
	// code
}

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Packages in go

Package are a way to group go files together.

LSP

Not exactly realted but if you are trying to use LSP with go, you need to install the gopls package. If you editor does set it up for you then great but if not then you can do it manually.

go get golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

and add the following to your .bashrc or .zshrc file

export GO111MODULE=on
export GOPATH={your go path}
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Now you should be able to use LSP with go.

import in go

import is used to import packages.

Tests in Go

We use testing module for the tests in go.