How to set up a Go development environment

Before you get started building a web scraper, you will need the proper tools. Setting up a development environment for writing Go code is relatively simple. There are not a lot of external tools that you will need to install, and there is support for all major computing platforms. For all of the tools listed in this chapter, you will find individual instructions for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Also, since all of the tools we will use are open source, you will be able to access the source code and build it for your specific needs if necessary.