I am trying to import a local file into my main.go file and this tutorial (and other similar tutorials) says to run go install <path> in order to import that path as a package. This seems like a slow way to develop local packages because you would have to run go install <path> every time you want to see the changes in your local package.
Is there a faster way to import/update local packages? I am using gomon to auto-reload my code after updating it, so ideally, my code would auto-reload after updating a local package.
You should use go modules. The tutorial you mentioned appears to be older than the modules feature. In short: you can import a package, run go build, and any imported external package will automatically be downloaded for you as needed, no need to do a
go get. Start here:https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules
https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules