Create and Run a Go Project

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and run a sample project in Go programming language.

1. Create a new folder with the name of your choice using a terminal/command prompt:

    mkdir project_name

2. Launch Visual Studio Code IDE and add this project folder to the project explorer.
3. Create a file with .go extension inside your newly created project folder. Example:

4. If it is your first time creating a Go project on Visual Studio Code, then it will prompt you to install Go extentions like shown in the image below:

5. Choose Install All.
6. Now, write the following code in your sample.go project file.

    package main

    import "fmt"

    func main() {
	    fmt.Println("Hello world")
    }
   

7. Run your project with following command via Visual Studio Code terminal:

    go run sample.go
    



The above command should print something like below:

Hello world

Congratulations, you have learned how to create and run a project in Go programming language.