Have you ever wondered how web servers work behind the scenes? One of the best things about Go is that you can create a working HTTP server with a few lines of code. The standard library already gives us everything we need to start serving web requests without installing any frameworks. In this tutorial, we will be building a simple web server in Go that: listens on port 8080 responds to browser requests serves different routes returns simple text responses By the end, you will understand the basics of how Go handles HTTP requests and responses. Prerequisites To follow along, you should have: Go installed basic familiarity with the terminal beginner-level Go syntax knowledge You can confirm if Go is installed by running: go version Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Step 1 — Create the Project Create a new folder for the project: mkdir simple-go-server cd simple-go-server Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Now initialize a Go module: go mod init simple-go-server Enter fullscreen mode Exit…