Getting started

This page lists resources that we think you will find helpful as you get started with ActiveGo and Go programming.

Community resources

For users that are new to Go, we have included portions of the Go community documentation that will help you get up to speed with the Go programming language.

• Go Tour: A compiled version of the Go tour is included, which you can start by entering gotour on the command line.
• How to write Go code
• Effective Go
• Go FAQ

Package documentation

ActiveGo includes the core packages and sub-repository packages for the Go language, and an extensive set of useful community packages to use in your projects.

• Standard library and community packages included in ActiveGo
• Go sub-repository packages

You can also browse the complete list of included packages.

Command line utilities

ActiveGo includes a number of precompiled command line utilities, such as the Delve debugger (dlv) and golint. A complete list is availabile on the What's included in ActiveGo? page.

Go language documentation

The official Go language specification is also included, along with the Go command documentation and details about the Go memory model.

• Language specification
• Command documentation
• Memory model