Building and Running the Go Project

Prerequisites

• Go installed: Ensure you have Go installed on your system. You can download it from https://go.dev/dl/.
• This project use go version 1.23.2, so make sure you update or install the same or version as the source code.
• Terminal: You'll need a terminal or command prompt to execute the commands.

Running the Project

1. Open your terminal: Open the terminal application on your operating system.

2. Navigate to the project directory: Use the cd command to go to the directory containing the Go code (the directory with the main.go file).

   cd project/path
   

   Replace project/path with the actual path to the project.

3. Inside the project directory run the following command to execute the code.

   go run main.go

Building the Project

1. Open your terminal: Open the terminal application on your operating system.

2. Navigate to the project directory: Use the cd command to go to the directory containing the Go code (the directory with the main.go file).

   cd project/path
   

   Replace project/path with the actual path to the project.

3. Building for macOS:

   • Set the target operating system:

     export GOOS=darwin
     

   • Set the target architecture (if needed, defaults to your machine's):

     export GOARCH=amd64 # For Intel Macs
     export GOARCH=arm64 # For Apple Silicon Macs
     

   • Build the executable:

     go build -o myapp
     

     The executable will be named myapp.

4. Building for Windows:

   • Set the target operating system:

     export GOOS=windows
     

   • Set the target architecture:

     export GOARCH=amd64 # For 64-bit Windows
     export GOARCH=386 # For 32-bit Windows
     

   • Build the executable:

     go build -o myapp.exe
     

     The executable will be named myapp.exe.

Running the Project

After successfully building the project, you can run the executable:

1. Open a terminal: Open a terminal or command prompt.

2. Navigate to the directory: Use the cd command to go to the directory where the executable file is located (the same directory where you ran the go build command).

3. Run the executable:

   • On macOS, type ./ followed by the executable name:

     ./myapp
     

   • On Windows, type the executable name with the .exe extension:

     myapp.exe
     

Replace myapp with the actual name of your application.