Is go.mod in Go the same thing as package.json in JavaScript (node)?

Question

I am currently learning Go & it mentions using go.mod for dependency management. When using node, package.json files are used for dependency management, so is go.mod the same thing as something like npm init -y ?

Answer 1

yes. go mod init will create go.mod file. go mod tidy ( like npn install ) will pull the dependency in the go.mod file, go get will pull single dependency(like npn install...), see more detail on official site.

https://go.dev/ref/mod