OS X INSTALLATION CHEATSHEET

NOTE

If you have homebrew installed, you can easily install Go like so:

# if you don't have git install it like so:
brew install git

# then install go
brew install go

# add GOBIN path to your PATH in ~/.bash_profile
export PATH=${HOME}/go/bin:$PATH

1- Install Visual Studio Code Editor

1. Install it but don't open it yet.
2. Go to: https://code.visualstudio.com
3. Select OS X (Mac) and start downloading
4. Uncompress the downloaded file and move it to your ~/Applications directory.

2- Install Git

1. Grab and run the installer. Go to: https://git-scm.com/downloads
2. Select VSCode as the default editor

3- Install Go

1. Go to https://golang.org/dl
2. Select OS X (Mac)
3. Start the installer

4- Configure VS Code

1. Open VS Code; from the extensions tab at the left, search for "go" and install it

2. Close VS Code completely and open it up again

3. Go to View menu; select Command Palette

   1. Or just press cmd+shift+p
   2. Type: go install
   3. Select "Go: Install/Update Tools"
   4. Check all the checkboxes

4. After it's done, open the Command Palette again

   1. Type: shell
   2. Select: "Install 'code' command in PATH"
      1. NOTE: You don't have to do this if you're on Windows.

That's all! Enjoy! 🤩

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