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Golang or Go is an open source programming language which was developed by a team of open source programmers in Google. The lead developers of this language, Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson developed Golang technology, as an alternative against the complex language of C++. Since, its development, Golang has been breaking all the trends and surpassing major programming languages such as Python. The popularity of Golang has been increasing as new updates keep coming in, with improved features and resolved bugs making it very efficient as well as easier to learn. Programming languages can be difficult to understand, thus in this article we have elaborately explained the concept of Golang along with answering the question of how to install it in a stepwise manner.

• WHAT IS GOLANG?

Golang technology, as its official website says is

“Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.”

Golang or Go is a programming language that combines the elements of all the major languages and minuses all the cons. The main feature of Go is that it reduces the complexity that is faced by programmers while learning the C++. The language as the website defines it, is very reliable as it is developed by Google itself. The efficiency of the programming language is due to the language which is easy to read and the program is easy to maintain. Not only this, but Go has a garbage collection of its own along with it being faster than Python. There are already many big firms that have started using Go in their applications and softwares. Golang technology creates various new aspects and job opportunities.

The programming language was created mainly to be efficient as well as easier to operate and learn; and Go has exceeded all the expectations granting users more and more features. Go has not only improved itself since it was created in 2007, but has bested all the major programs, becoming the most renowned programming language as of now.

• HOW TO INSTALL GOLANG?

Installation of programming languages can be a tedious job due to its complex nature. However, in this article we will tell you how to install Golang technology in a stepwise manner to make it easier.

1. The first step is to go on https://golang.org/ and download the Golang programming language. There are 3 types of versions available on the website; stable, unstable and archive. Out of the three, the stable one is recommended as it is the latest version of the software which means improved language. There are 2 types of files to be downloaded, the zip file and the MSI Installer. The zip file needs to be unzipped before following the remaining steps of the installation process. Whereas the MSI Installer directly installs the program in the hardware.
2. After the file has been downloaded the file is made to run by clicking twice on the download and giving the permission for the program to be run in the system.
3. After the system is allowed to run, a dialog box appears on the screen. Click next, after which the license agreement is written, read it carefully and then click next again. After which the box asks you for the path in which to save the language, for which the C:\Go\ path is recommended, click next once finished and after this click on the install option.
4. To make sure that the Go binaries have been successfully added in the environment variables, go to the environment variables. For this, click on the start option, then type environment variables in the search box. Select the first option that appears. In the environment variables box, go to the option of path appearing under the User Variables. In this, you would find a path specified as %USERPROFILE%\go\bin. To ensure that the installation is completed correctly, open the Command prompt window as an Administrator and try the go command. If all the commands appear correctly, congratulations, you’ve installed the efficient language of Golang successfully!!

Once completing the entire installation process, you are ready to rock and make use of the most efficient and comparatively simpler programming language, namely Golang or Go.