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.

An Introduction to Programming in Go

A method is a function on an instance of an object.

<p>A method is a function on an instance of an object.</p>


Avoids copying value on each method call.

Is used so a method can modify the value that its receiver points to.

Declares a new name to be used as a substitute.

A quick quiz to test understanding of this chapter!

The Basics

Types

Collection Types

Control flow

Methods

Interfaces

Concurrency

Get Setup

Online Coding Challenges

Tips & Tricks

Quiz on Go Methods