Start with a tiny Go program that stores a value and prints a greeting.

Hello Go

hello.go
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	var name = 
	message := "Hello, " + name + "!"

	fmt.Println(message)
}
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	var name = 
	message := "Hello, " + name + "!"

	fmt.Println(message)
}
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	var name = 
	message := "Hello, " + name + "!"

	fmt.Println(message)
}
package main A runnable Go program starts in `package main` and has a `main` function.