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# Go Koans
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I'm not sure how this ever got popular under my namespace, but it seems to have
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enough interest that I feel compelled to maintain it now. The original author,
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[Steven Degutis](https://github.com/sdegutis), committed the initial suite of
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tests, 4c5e766, on Mar 10, 2012. I don't recall now how I discovered the
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initial codebase beyond searching for "go koans" on GitHub. I do recall that
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I was enlightened considerably by [Ruby Koans](http://rubykoans.com/) and
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something similarly enlightening on my journey to the Nirvana of Go could be
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a blessing for anyone.
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Since my discovery of [The Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the
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language and development environments have changed significantly. I will do my
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best to balance current best practices and a low barrier of entry for newcomers
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(whom I assume to be the vast majority of those with interest in this
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repository). I will try to keep up to date with the latest stable releases. I
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hope I can rely on this wonderful community to help me with this.
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## Native Usage
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If you prefer to do things "natively" you may download, install, and configure
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the suite of tools provided by the binary or source distribution of your
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choice from the [Downloads page](https://golang.org/dl/).
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1. Run `go test`.
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1. Make the failing tests pass, by replacing these types of `__variables__` with real values.
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## Docker Usage
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I have found that using [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) helps me keep my
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development environment clean and portable. Here is an example of how I might
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set up an environment dedicated to go through these koans.
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Install/Setup:
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```shell
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luser@lolcathost:~ $ docker-machine create -d virtualbox golang
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luser@lolcathost:~ $ eval $(docker-machine env golang)
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luser@lolcathost:~ $ docker pull library/golang:1.6.0-alpine
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luser@lolcathost:~ $ docker run --rm -ti -v "$PWD":/usr/src/koans -w /usr/src/koans golang:1.6.0-alpine /bin/sh
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```
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Now with an interactive shell inside of a minimal container you may itterate
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through the same steps to enlightenment described above.
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## Helpful References
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Bookmark the [spec](http://golang.org/ref/spec) and the [packages listing](http://golang.org/pkg/).
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You can also run the Go website locally with `godoc -http=:8080`.
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## Go support in Vim
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If you have an interest in a more fany vim setup, I urge you to consider
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the post on the [Go Development Environment for Vim](https://blog.gopheracademy.com/vimgo-development-environment/)
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on the Gopher Academy Blog.
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