How to Install Snippet Box on Windows 10

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Snippet Box on your Windows 10 system.

Prerequisites

• A Windows 10 computer
• Git installed on your computer
• Go installed on your computer
• Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Steps

1. Open the command prompt application on your Windows 10 computer.

2. Install Git from the Git website: https://git-scm.com/downloads. Follow the installation process and select the appropriate options.

3. Once Git is installed, run the following command to confirm it's installed and working correctly.

   git version
   

   This command should output the version of Git installed on your computer.

4. Install Go from the Go website: https://golang.org/dl/. Follow the installation instructions for your operating system to install Go.

5. Once Go is installed, run the following command to confirm it's installed and working correctly.

   go version
   

   This command should output the version of Go installed on your computer.

6. Next, create a new directory for Snippet Box to be installed in.

   Note: You can choose any directory of your choice.

   mkdir snippetbox
   cd snippetbox
   

7. Once inside the snippetbox directory, use the following command to clone the Snippet Box repository from GitHub.

   git clone https://github.com/pawelmalak/snippet-box.git
   

8. After the repository is cloned, move into the Snippet Box directory by running the following command.

   cd snippet-box
   

9. Now, compile the web application by running the following command.

   go build .
   

   This command compiles the code in the current directory and creates a binary named ./snippet-box in the directory.

10. Finally, you can run the Snippet Box web application by entering the following command.

    ./snippet-box
    

    This command starts the web server and runs it on the default port of 4000.

11. Now, you can access the Snippet Box application by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:4000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Snippet Box on your Windows 10 computer. You can now use Snippet Box to store and retrieve code snippets from your local machine.

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