// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus // Learn Go Programming Course // License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ // // For more tutorials : https://learngoprogramming.com // In-person training : https://www.linkedin.com/in/inancgumus/ // Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/inancgumus // package main is a special package // it allows Go to create an executable file package main /* This is a multi-line comment. import keyword makes another package available for this .go "file". import "fmt" lets you access fmt package's functionality here in this file. */ import "fmt" // "func main" is special. // // Go has to know where to start // // func main creates a starting point for Go // // After compiling the code, // Go runtime will first run this function func main() { // after: import "fmt" // Println function of "fmt" package becomes available // Look at what it looks like by typing in the console: // go doc -src fmt Println // Println is just an exported function from // "fmt" package // Exported = First Letter is uppercase fmt.Println("Hello Gopher!") // Go cannot call Println function by itself. // That's why you need to call it here. // It only calls `func main` automatically. // ----- // Go supports Unicode characters in string literals // And also in source-code: KÖSTEBEK! // // Because: Literal ~= Source Code // EXERCISE: Remove the comments from below --> // // fmt.Println("Merhaba Köstebek!") // Unnecessary note: // "Merhaba Köstebek" means "Hello Gopher" // in Turkish language }