Module is a directory containing nested go packages. So essentially module can be treated as a package only which contains the nested package. Now package can be either executable package or utility…
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Add a dependency to your project or module in Go (Golang)
Overview Module is go support for dependency management. A module by definition is a collection of related packages with go.mod at its root. The go.mod file defines the Module import path Dependency…
What does go mod tidy do in Go (Golang)
Overview This command will basically match the go.mod file with the dependencies required in the source files. Download all the dependencies that are required in your source files and update go.mod file…
Importing package within the same module in Go (Golang)
Any package within the same module can be imported using the import path of module + directory containing that package. To illustrate lets create a module Make a learn directory Create a…
Importing package from different module locally in Go (Golang)
There are cases when we want to import a module which is present locally. Let’s understand how we can import such module. But first, we have to create a module that can…
Selection of the version of library or dependency in Go (Golang)
To understand how does GO’s approach while selecting the version of the library of which two versions are specified in the go.mod file, we have to first understand Semantic Versioning Semantic Versioning…
Manual download dependency from go.mod file in Go (Golang)
Overview Below command can be used to download the dependency that is present in the go.mod file This command is used to pre download all the dependency before the application is run….
Modules in Go (Golang)
Overview Module is go support for dependency management. A module by definition is a collection of related packages with go.mod at its root. The go.mod file defines the Module import path. Dependencies…
Direct vs Indirect Dependencies in go.mod file in Go
Overview Module is Go support for dependency management. A module by definition is a collection of related packages with go.mod at its root. The go.mod file defines the Module import path. Dependencies…
Default Zero Value of Pointer in Go (Golang)
Overview Default zero value of a pointer is nil. Let’s see a program for it Program Output: