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An Introduction to Programming in Go

Explore Go programming, understanding its concurrency advantages over traditional languages. Gain insights into why Go is crucial as Moore’s Law fades, suitable for beginners.

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As Moore’s Law is reaching the end of its lifecycle, the need for concurrency is rising and consequently, the need for a programming language that enables effective implementation of concurrent programs is rising too. For this reason, Go has become one of the most popular languages in recent times. This course aims to provide a detailed introduction to Go for beginners. Furthermore, it also articulates how Go is different from traditional programming languages that programmers are accustomed to in order to acquaint programmers getting ready to delve into Go with the language too.

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Programming Language

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59 Lessons16 Quizzes5 Challenges

The Basics

10 Lessons

Break down key Go programming concepts, from variable handling and constants to functions, pointers, and mutability.

Variables & inferred typing

Functions and Return values

Pointers

Mutability

Quiz on Go Variables

Types

8 Lessons

Look at Go's basic types, type conversion, structs, and composition over inheritance.

Composition vs Inheritance

Quiz on Types

Exercise on Composition

Collection Types

6 Lessons

Work your way through arrays, slices, range loops, maps, and a map exercise in Go.

Quiz on Collection Types

Exercise on Maps

Control flow

6 Lessons

Break down the steps to understand Go's control flow structures and exercises.

IF Statement

FOR Loop

Switch Case Statement

Exercise on For Loops

Quiz on Control Flow

Exercise on Control Flow

Methods

5 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of Go methods, covering receivers, code organization, and type aliasing.

Interfaces

5 Lessons

Tackle interfaces in Go, satisfying them implicitly and handling errors with custom types.

Introduction

Satisfying Interfaces

Returning Errors

Quiz on Go Interfaces

Exercise on Errors

Concurrency

9 Lessons

Master the steps to implement concurrent programming in Go using goroutines, channels, and synchronization.

Concurrent Programming

Goroutines

Channels

Channels Through Illustrations

Buffered vs. Unbuffered Channels as Illustrations

Range and close

Select

Quiz on Concurrency

Solved Exercise: Step by Step Guide

Get Setup

4 Lessons

Get familiar with Go installation procedures on OSX, Windows, and Linux with essential tools.

OSX

Windows

Linux

Extras

Online Coding Challenges

1 Lessons

Get started with enhancing programming skills through collaborative coding challenges and hands-on exercises.

Coding Challenges

10.

Tips & Tricks

5 Lessons

Go hands-on with practical projects, package management, maps, compiler optimization, and constants in Go.

Get Your Feet Wet

Tips for Importing Packages

Tips on Maps & Errors

Tips on Compiler Optimization

Tips on Constants in Go

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