Build

Building this sample app is trivial. For example, in the following screenshot, we are running a Terminal on a Linux computer and simply execute go build hello.go. This creates an executable file that can be run directly without needing the Go tools installed:

Building for the current Linux environment

Building on a Windows computer (as long as gcc is in the command-line path—see Prerequisites section mentioned earlier) is just as simple as on Linux or macOS:

Building the hello world app on Windows

In these examples, we are building the applications on the platform they will run. Cross-compilation, one of the strengths of the Go toolchain, is more complicated with andlabs UI.