An Introduction to Programming in Go

This Golang course helps you learn Go programming, covering unique features like slices and goroutines that distinguish it from traditional languages.

Beginner

59 Lessons

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This Golang course helps you learn Go programming, covering unique features like slices and goroutines that distinguish it from traditional languages.

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This course includes

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5 Challenges

16 Quizzes

This course includes

92 Playgrounds

5 Challenges

16 Quizzes

Course Overview

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 ...Show More

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Course Content

The Basics

In this chapter, you will learn about Go basics including variables, constants, functions, pointers, and how to use packages and imports.

Variables & inferred typing

Constants Printing Packages and Imports Code Location Exported names Functions and Return values Pointers Mutability Quiz on Go Variables

Types

This chapter covers basic types in Go, type conversion, type assertion, and struct initialization, with details of inheritance and composition.

Basic Types Type Conversion Type Assertion

Structs Initializing Composition vs Inheritance Quiz on Types

Exercise on Composition

Collection Types

In this chapter, you will explore Go's collection types such as arrays, slices, and maps.

Working with arraysSlices in Go Range in for loops Maps in Go Quiz on Collection Types Exercise on Maps

Control flow

This chapter introduces control flow in Go, including if statements, for loops, and switch cases, with an exercise and quiz.

IF Statement FOR Loop Switch Case Statement Exercise on For Loops Quiz on Control Flow Exercise on Control Flow

Methods

In this chapter, you will understand Go methods, including code organization, type aliasing, and method receivers, with a quiz.

Introduction Code Organization Type Aliasing Method Receivers Quiz on Go Methods

Interfaces

5 Lessons

This chapter covers Go interfaces, error handling, and how to use interfaces and related concepts.

Concurrency

9 Lessons

In this chapter, you will learn about Go's concurrency features, including goroutines, channels, and how to use buffered and unbuffered channels.

Get Setup

4 Lessons

This chapter guides you through setting up Go on various operating systems like Windows, OSX, and Linux.

Online Coding Challenges

1 Lesson

In this chapter, you will get details of online coding challenges related to image manipulation, concurrency, and web APIs to enhance your programming skills.

Tips & Tricks

5 Lessons

This chapter offers tips for effective package importing in Go, code organization, and compiler optimization, including advice on maps and error handling.

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