kvu787 / bughunt

Learn the basics of Go by fixing a simple program.

bughunt

Learn the basics of Go by fixing a simple program.

Install Go

Download and install Go: http://golang.org/doc/install.

Setup your development environment: http://golang.org/doc/code.html.

Setup the repo

Run go get -d github.org/kvu787/pong.

OR

Download and extract the repo to:

$GOPATH/src/github.org/kvu787/pong.

Learn Go

Let's go hunting!

Some nasty bugs are crawling around our repo! Follow the instructions below to squash them.

1. cd "$GOPATH/src/github.org/kvu787/pong".
2. Run go run bughunt/fixme.go.
3. Edit fixme.go and use the compiler and runtime errors to squash those bugs. (See the diff file for hints.)
4. while (bugs != null) { goto(2) }.

Interactive Go tutorial

See http://tour.golang.org/.

More resources

• http://blog.golang.org/index
• http://www.golang-book.com/
• https://gobyexample.com/