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The Way to Go

Gain insights into Go's core constructs, advanced concepts like error-handling and networking, and learn efficient programming techniques and common pitfalls in this popular language.

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Go (sometimes called Golang) is one of the most popular languages today, and is a key part of many enterprise tech stacks. Many developers prefer Go to other languages like C++ and Scala because of its memory management model which allows for easier concurrency. In this course, you will learn the core constructs and techniques of the language. After going through the basics, you will then learn more advanced Go concepts like error-handling, networking, and templating. You'll learn how to program efficiently in Go by gaining knowledge of common pitfalls and patterns, as well as by building your own applications.

Go (sometimes called Golang) is one of the most popular languages today, and is a key part of many enterprise tech stacks. Many ...Show More

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Programming Language

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255 Lessons11 Quizzes19 Challenges

Origin, Context and Popularity of GO

4 Lessons

Get familiar with Go's origins, purpose, key features, and its rise in popularity.

Origin and Evolution of Go

Reasons for Developing Go

Characteristics of Go

Test Yourself

Basic Constructs and Elementary Data Types

16 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Go's basic constructs, data types, pointers, and essential operations.

Filenames, Keywords and Identifiers

Import Functionality

Overview of Functions

Overview of Data Types

Challenge: Temperature Conversion

Solution Review: Temperature Conversion

Strings

Strings and strconv Package

Times and Dates

Pointers

Quiz: Deduce the Outputs

Control Structures

10 Lessons

Work your way through decision-making, error handling, looping constructs, and flow control in Go.

Functions

19 Lessons

Enhance your skills in Go's functions, including recursion, closures, and optimization techniques.

Arrays and Slices

27 Lessons

Explore Go arrays, slices, initialization, manipulation, and problem-solving techniques.

Maps

8 Lessons

Focus on using key-value pairs in maps, iterating, checking existence, and practical examples.

Packages

12 Lessons

Build on using Go's standard library, custom packages, sync mechanisms, and external libraries.

Structs and Methods

24 Lessons

Step through struct creation, advanced concepts, methods, and practical coding challenges.

Interfaces and Reflection

25 Lessons

Unpack the core of interfaces, reflection, type assertions, type switches, and generic programming in Go.

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Reading and Writing

23 Lessons

Examine reading and writing operations in Go, including file handling, data serialization, and user input.

11.

Error-Handling and Testing

13 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Go's error-handling, testing practices, and performance optimization.

12.

Goroutines and Channels

29 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of Go's concurrency through goroutines, channels, patterns, and synchronization.

13.

Networking, Templating and Web-Applications

15 Lessons

Focus on creating Go-based web applications, handling servers, and integrating cloud services.

14.

Common Go Pitfalls and Patterns

5 Lessons

Piece together the parts of common Go pitfalls and effective programming patterns.

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Performance Advices

5 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in optimizing Go performance with strings, structs, functions, goroutines, and memory management.

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Building a Complete Application

7 Lessons

Develop the URLShortener app "goto" with data storage, concurrency, persistent storage, and distributed architecture.

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Appendix

13 Lessons

Work your way through Go installation, workspace setup, debugging, and performance optimization tools.

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Ivo Balbaert

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