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Gain insights into Go's unique features, delve into advanced memory handling, strings, loops, and goroutines. Discover how to handle multidimensional datasets and protect against variable bugs.

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Go is a popular language known for its simplicity. For developers who lack a deep knowledge of its features, it's a great time to pick up the Go language. The differences between Go and other popular programming languages can lead to hours of Google for the newer software engineer. Mastering these surprising, sometimes delightful, sometimes frustrating features can be the difference between time spent on debugging and time spent on deployment. In this course, you will go deeper than an introductory book to learn the various features that make Go unique. You’ll learn how to protect against the bugs caused by poorly defined variables (and variable shadowing), how Go treats slicers and arrays similarly, and how to work with multidimensional datasets. You’ll also dive into memory handling, strings, loops, and goroutines. This course will be most useful if you already have a basic understanding of Go and its syntax. By the end of the course, you’ll move from Go-familiar to Go-expert.

Go is a popular language known for its simplicity. For developers who lack a deep knowledge of its features, it's a great time t...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Learn the more unusual features of Go.

Learn to write go code with minimum bugs

Learn deeper aspects of how things are done in Go.

Learn the more unusual features of Go.

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Variable Shadowing in Go

Interfaces in Go

Inheritance in Go

Block Scope in GoLang

Content

52 Lessons7 Quizzes1 Challenge

Basics of Go

4 Lessons

Get familiar with Go's simplicity, code formatting, and strict import rules to enhance development.

Data Types

7 Lessons

Unpack the core of Go data types, variables, constants, and shadowing intricacies.

Exercise: Variable Shadowing

Solution: Variable Shadowing

Quiz: Data Types

Collection Types

18 Lessons

Master the steps to efficiently handle Go's collection types, including slices, arrays, maps, and strings.

Slices and Arrays

Slices and Arrays Operations

Nil Slices

Exercise: Multidimensional Array

Solution: Multidimensional Array

Exercise: Memory Handling

Solution: Memory Handling

Strings

Unicode and UTF-8 strings

Exercise: Reverse Word

Solution: Reverse Word

Maps

Maps as Pointers

Maps Implementation

Data Races and sync.Map

Exercise: Map Access

Solution: Map Access

Quiz: Collection Types

Control Structures

6 Lessons

Break down the steps to effectively manage loops, control flow, and debugging in Go.

Quiz: Control Structures

Functions, Goroutines and Interfaces

7 Lessons

Map out the steps for using defer, goroutines, interfaces and implementing required solutions.

Functions

Goroutines

Interfaces

Interfaces Implementation

Exercise: Goroutines

Solution: Goroutines

Quiz: Goroutines and Interfaces

Inheritance and Equality

5 Lessons

Follow the process of Go's type embedding, equality checks, and struct comparisons.

Inheritance

Equality

Exercise: Comparing Structs

Solution: Comparing Structs

Quiz: Inheritance and Equality

Memory and Time

4 Lessons

Master the steps to managing memory, logging effectively, and handling time zones in Go.

Memory Management

Logging

Time

Quiz: Memory and Time

Wrap Up!

1 Lessons

Get familiar with valuable Go skills to avoid common pitfalls and enhance efficiency.

Conclusion

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Rytis Bieliunas

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