Installation & Setup in Go

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Installation & Setup

Installing Go and setting up development environment

bash
# Download and install Go
# Visit https://go.dev/dl/ for latest version

# Verify installation
go version

# Initialize a new module
go mod init example.com/myapp

# Run a Go program
go run main.go
๐Ÿš€ Compiled language with fast execution
๐Ÿ“ฆ Built-in dependency management with go mod
๐Ÿ”ง Simple toolchain with go command
โšก Static binaries for easy deployment

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