Installing Schort on Windows 10

Schort is a URL shortener written in Go that is available on GitHub. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Schort on your Windows 10 machine.

Prerequisites

Before installing Schort, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Go version 1.15 or later
• Git

Steps

1. Open a command prompt or terminal on your Windows machine.

2. Clone the Schort repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/sqozz/schort.git
   

   This will create a directory called schort in your current working directory.

3. Change your working directory to the schort directory:

   cd schort
   

4. Build the Schort binary by running the following command:

   go build -o schort.exe
   

   This will create a binary executable file called schort.exe in the schort directory.

5. Run Schort by executing the schort.exe file:

   ./schort.exe
   

   Schort should now be running on your local machine. You can access it by typing http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

   To shut down the Schort server, simply press CTRL + C in the command prompt or terminal window.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Schort on your Windows 10 machine. Enjoy using this simple, yet powerful URL shortener.