Google Go Programming In Eclipse

• The new “Go” programming language is from Google co.It has many features better then other languages.
• Go language features are:-

            – High Speed Compilation
            – Type and Memory safety
            – Concurrency
            – Efficient Garbage Collection

• The Windows MSI Installer can be downloaded from the link:-

           http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DInstaller

• The Eclipse Plugin Update for Go programming Languages are downloaded from link:-

          http://goclipse.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/goclipse-update-site/

• In this Demo , “We will see a Go programming in Eclipse Environment”.

• After Updating Go plugin in Eclipse, we can set Go Configuration in Eclipse,

• Create a new Go Project “GoLanguageDemo”  in Eclipse.

• A Google Go  project has these options,

•  The Go project structure in Eclipse,

•  Lets Create a Go Program Listening to PORT no “9090”.Let the file name is do_demo.go file.Now The project Will look like,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  

   

• The  do_demo.go file,                

package main 

import (
    "net/http"
    "fmt"
)

/* Default Request Handler*/
func defaultHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    fmt.Fprintf(w, "<h1>Hello This is Sandeep.Testing Go Programming Language %s!</h1>", r.URL.Path[1:])
}

func main() {
    http.HandleFunc("/", defaultHandler)
    http.ListenAndServe(":9090", nil)
}

• The Run As option for go file is,

•  Now open up a browser and call the localhost for PORT 9090.