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Basics of Go

Introduction Code Formatting Imports Quiz: Basics of Go

Data Types

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

Collection Types

Slices and Arrays

Slices and Arrays Operations

Exercise: Multidimensional Array

Solution: Multidimensional Array

Exercise: Memory Handling

Solution: Memory Handling

Unicode and UTF-8 strings

Exercise: Reverse Word

Solution: Reverse Word

Maps as Pointers

Maps Implementation

Data Races and sync.Map

Exercise: Map Access

Solution: Map Access

Quiz: Collection Types

Control Structures

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

Functions, Goroutines and Interfaces

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

Inheritance and Equality

Inheritance Equality Exercise: Comparing Structs Solution: Comparing Structs Quiz: Inheritance and Equality

Memory and Time

Memory Management Logging Time Quiz: Memory and Time

Wrap Up!

Exploring and Mastering the Full Go Featureset/

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Maps as Pointers

Maps as Pointers

Learn how maps behave like pointers in Go.

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`map` is a pointer

While a slice type is a struct (a value type) that has a pointer to an array, a map itself is a pointer. The zero value of a slice is already fully usable. You can use append to add elements and get the slice’s length. A ...