Setting up the project and running the development server

This is a building series book. It assumes you already know the basics of Go. If not, no worries. You can jump start and learn them quickly from Go's official site at https://golang.org/. Go uses a different way of developing projects. Writing a standalone, simple program doesn't bother you much. But after learning the basics, people try to advance a step further. For that reason, as a Go developer, you should know how Go projects are laid out and the best practices to keep your code clean.

Make sure you have done the following things before proceeding:

• Install Go compiler on your machine
• Set GOROOT and GOPATH environment variables

There are many online references from which you can get to know the preceding details. Depending on your machine type (Windows, Linux, or macOS X), set up a working Go compiler. We see more details about GOPATH in the following section.