INTERACTIVE COURSE
Advanced Techniques in Go Programming
Intermediate
329 Lessons
70h
Certificate of Completion
AI Explanations
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324 Playgrounds
13 Quizzes
103 Illustrations
Takeaway Skills
Familiarity with the core features of the Go language
Hands-on experience with developing Go functions and packages
Thorough understanding of advanced Go features such as reflection, interfaces, and generics
Ability to design and develop feature-rich Windows and UNIX utilities and system tools in Go
Hands-on experience with designing highly concurrent applications in Go
Ability to build REST, gRPC, and WebSocket-based servers and clients in Go
Course Overview
Go is one of the most popular programming languages today in the systems programming and networking space. Go has built-in concurrency capabilities using a simple concurrency model implemented using goroutines and channels. In addition to Go’s rich and reliable standard library, handy Go packages (cobra and viper) allow us to develop powerful command-line utilities (e.g., docker and hugo) in Go. You will start the course by covering the basics of Go—syntax, basic and composite data types, etc.—before movin...Show More
Course Content
1
Course Introduction
2
Introduction to Go
A Quick Introduction to GoThe Advantages of GoAccessing Go DocumentationWriting Our First ProgramRunning Go CodeImportant Characteristics of Go: VariablesImportant Characteristics of Go: ControlImportant Characteristics of Go: LoopsImportant Characteristics of Go: Getting User InputImportant Characteristics of Go: Error VariablesImportant Characteristics of Go: Concurrency ModelDeveloping the which(1) Utility in GoLogging Information ILogging Information IIOverview of Go GenericsDeveloping a Basic Phone Book ApplicationExercise: Introduction to GoSolution: Introduction to GoRecap: Introduction to Go
3
Basic Go Data Types
IntroductionThe error Data TypeNumeric Data TypesNon-Numeric Data TypesInteger Conversions: Unicode vs. String ValuesThe strings PackageTimes and DatesA Utility for Parsing Dates and TimesWorking with Different Time ZonesGo ConstantsGrouping Similar Data: Arrays and SlicesSlice: Length and CapacitySelecting a Part of a SliceByte SlicesDeleting an Element from a SliceConnection Between Slices and ArraysThe copy() FunctionSorting SlicesPointersGenerating Random NumbersGenerating Random StringsGenerating Secure Random NumbersUpdating the Phone Book ApplicationExercise: Basic Go Data TypesSolution: Basic Go Data TypesRecap: Basic Go Data Types
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Composite Data Types
IntroductionMapsStoring to a Nil MapIterating over MapsGo StructuresSlices of StructuresRegular Expressions and Pattern MatchingMatching Names and SurnamesMatching IntegersMatching the Fields of a RecordImproving the Phone Book Application IImproving the Phone Book Application IIExercise 1: Composite Data TypesSolution 1: Composite Data TypesExercise 2: Composite Data TypesSolution 2: Composite Data TypesRecap: Composite Data Types
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Reflection and Interfaces
IntroductionReflectionLearning the Internal Structure of a Go StructureChanging Structure Values Using ReflectionType MethodsInterfacesThe sort.Interface InterfaceThe Empty InterfaceType Assertions and Type SwitchesSafely Handling Arbitrary DataThe error Data TypeWriting Our Own Interfaces IWriting Our Own Interfaces IIWorking with Two Different CSV File FormatsLimitations of Object-Oriented Programming in GoUpdating the Phone Book Application IUpdating the Phone Book Application IIExercise 1: Reflection and InterfacesSolution 1: Reflection and InterfacesExercise 2: Reflection and InterfacesSolution 2: Reflection and InterfacesRecap: Reflection and Interfaces
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Go Packages and Functions
26 Lessons
7
Telling a UNIX System What to Do
36 Lessons
8
Go Concurrency
40 Lessons
9
Building Web Services
26 Lessons
10
Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket
26 Lessons
11
Working with REST APIs
22 Lessons
12
Code Testing and Profiling
29 Lessons
13
Working with gRPC
16 Lessons
14
Go Generics
17 Lessons
15
Conclusion
1 Lesson
16
Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector
5 Lessons
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