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Advanced Go Coding — Go command and its flags
Unleashing the Power of Go Command-Line Tools
In the Go ecosystem that makes our development simple and efficient, the command-line commands play big roles. They can be classified into three: Execution commands, such as, run, test, build, generate, debug, etc.; Tool commands, such as, tool, fmt, vet, clean, etc.; Environment commands, such as, work, mod, env, install, etc. For their functions to be fully enjoyed, we need to understand the various commands and environment variables.
Execution Commands and Flags
The four execution-related commands compose the Go code main workflow: build for code compilation; run for code execution; test for executing tests; debug for debugging.
go build
go build is designed for building Go projects and generating binary executable files.
There are three common flags. -o specifies output file name, -v & -x displays the…
