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WINDOWS INSTALLATION CHEATSHEET

NOTE

If you have chocolatey.org package manager, you can easily install Go like so:

choco install golang

1- Install Visual Studio Code Editor

  1. Install it but don't open it yet.
  2. Go to: https://code.visualstudio.com
  3. Select Windows and start downloading
  4. Run the installer

2- Install Git

  1. Grab and run the installer. Go to: https://gitforwindows.org
  2. Select VSCode as the default editor
  3. Enable all the checkboxes
  4. Select: "Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt"
  5. Encodings: Select: "Checkout as is..." option.

3- Install Go

  1. Go to https://golang.org/dl
  2. Select Windows and download
  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 ctrl+shift+p
    2. Type: go install
    3. Select "Go: Install/Update Tools"
    4. Check all the checkboxes

5- Install Git-Bash

  • Linux Subsystem for Windows

  • So, to use git bash, follow these steps:

    1. Setup VS Code to use git-bash by default:

      1. Open VS Code
      2. Go to Command Palette
        1. Type: terminal
        2. Select: "Terminal: Select Default Shell"
        3. And, Select: "Git Bash"

    2. NOTE: Normally, you can find your files under c:\, however, when you're using git bash, you'll find them under /c/ directory. It's actually the very same directory, it's just a shortcut.

That's all! 🤩