Exploring Mastering Go Featureset

Exploring and Mastering the Full Go Featureset

Intermediate

52 Lessons

9h 5min

Certificate of Completion

Learn various things in Go that might be surprising to new developers, and perhaps shed some light on the more unusual features of Go.

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This course includes

118 Playgrounds

7 Quizzes

19 Illustrations

This course includes

118 Playgrounds

7 Quizzes

19 Illustrations

Course Overview

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...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Variable Shadowing In Go

Interfaces In Go

Inheritance In Go

Block Scope In Golang

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.

Course Content

1

Basics of Go

Code Formatting Imports Quiz: Basics of Go

2

Data Types

Variables Variable Shadowing Operators Constants Exercise: Variable Shadowing Solution: Variable Shadowing Quiz: Data Types

3

Collection Types

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

4

Control Structures

Loops Break and Continue Switch and Select Exercise: Loops Solution: Loops Quiz: Control Structures

5

Functions, Goroutines and Interfaces

Functions Goroutines Interfaces Interfaces Implementation Exercise: Goroutines Solution: Goroutines Quiz: Goroutines and Interfaces

6

Inheritance and Equality

5 Lessons

7

Memory and Time

4 Lessons

8

Wrap Up!

1 Lesson

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