Go Tutorial Part 2 - Go CLI

Go provides a handful of commands apart from the standard build and run to make our life easier.

1 Run

go run filename Builds the files and runs them instantly

2 Build

go build filename Builds the files but does not run them. The executables can be seen in te same directory

3 Format

go fmt Formats all the files in the directory

4 Install

go install packagename Compiles and Installs a package

5 Get

go get Downloads raw source code of a package

6 Test

go test Runs all tests for the project