1. For Windows users, the Go project provides two installation options (excluding building from source): the zip archive requires you to set some environment variables, while the experimental MSI installer automatically configures your installation. Open the URL: https://studygolang.com/dl and download the MSI installer, as shown in Figure 1.
2. Download the file: go1.13.4.windows-amd64.msi, right-click -> Install, as shown in Figure 2.
3. Install the Go programming language amd64 go1.13.4 to: , using the default value: C:\Go\ , as shown in Figure 3.
4. Test your installation by building a simple program to check whether Go is installed correctly. The specific steps are as follows:
5. First, create a file named hello.go and save the following code in it:
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Printf("hello, world\n")
}
6. Next, run it in Windows PowerShell using the go tool:
PS E:\wwwroot\go> go run hello.go
hello, world
7. If you see the “hello, world” message, then your Go has been installed correctly. As shown in Figure 4.
