From 5032dd3b100ab03aff628eff2b57c19c54a257ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Donovan Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:30:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README --- README.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3259c9f..6596253 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,21 @@ -# booksite +# The Go Programming Language -Companion website for the book "The Go Programming Language". +This repository provides the downloadable example programs +for the book, "The Go Programming Language"; see http://www.gopl.io. -The gh-pages branch is published at www.gopl.io (as determined by the -CNAME file in the root of that branch). +(At present, only gopl.io/ch1/helloworld is available. The other +programs will be published as soon as the book is printed.) + +You can download, build, and run the programs with the following commands: + + $ export GOPATH=$HOME/gobook # choose workspace directory + $ go get gopl.io/ch1/helloworld # fetch, build, install + $ $GOPATH/bin/helloworld # run + Hello, 世界 + +Many of the programs contain comments of the form `//!+` and `//!-`. +These comments bracket the parts of the programs that are excerpted in the +book; you can safely ignore them. In a few cases, programs +have been reformatted in an unnatural way so that they can be presented +in stages in the book. -The book examples will at some point be published here too.