How to Install Gonic on macOS

Gonic is a Go web framework that's optimized for high performance. In this tutorial, we'll walk through the steps to install Gonic on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we dive into the installation process, make sure you have the following:

• A working installation of Go 1.14 or later
• A GitHub account

Once you have these, let's continue with the installation process.

Installation

To install Gonic on macOS, follow these steps:

1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS.
2. Navigate to the directory where you want to install Gonic.
3. Clone the Gonic repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/sentriz/gonic.git

4. Navigate to the gonic directory using the following command:

cd gonic

5. Build the Gonic package using the following command:

go build

6. Verify that the installation is working by running the example app that's included with the Gonic package:

go run ./example/main.go

7. If the example app runs without any errors, you're all set! You can now start building your own web apps using the Gonic framework.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked through how to install Gonic on macOS. With Gonic installed on your machine, you can now take advantage of its high-performance features to build speedy and efficient web apps.

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