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Learn Go

Offered By: Codecademy

Tags

Go Courses Web Development Courses Application Development Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to use Go (Golang), an open-source programming language supported by Google!

## Why Learn Go?
Go (or Golang) is an open source programming language designed to build fast, reliable, and efficient software at scale.

Google uses Go specifically for its large networks of servers, and Go also powers much of Google’s own cloud platform. Developers use Go in application development, web development, in operations and infrastructure teams, and much more. It is the language of Cloud Native infrastructure and software development.

As Go's popularity and adoption continue to increase, we'll see even greater usage and more creative implementations of the language!

## Take-Away Skills:
In this course, we will cover:
* The setup of a Go environment and how to create a Go file.
* Go's data types and variables.
* Go's conditional statements.
* Using functions in Go.

## What Will You Build?
* Gopher It: Print out ASCII art using Go.
* Comic Mischief: Use variables to store data about a comic shop.
* Bank Heist: Simulate a bank heist using conditionals.
* Interstellar Travel: Call the functions of a space-traveling agency.

Syllabus

  • Learn Go: Introduction: Ready to learn how to use Google's new programming language, Go?
    • Lesson: Learn Go: Introduction
    • Quiz: Go Basics
    • Project: Gopher It
  • Learn Go: Variables: Learn about creating and storing values in Go by using variables. Use different types to indicate what values those variables store.
    • Lesson: Learn Go: Variables and Types
    • Quiz: Learn Go: Variables and Types Quiz
    • Project: Comic Mischief
  • Learn Go: fmt Package: Learn how to print and scan data using Go's `fmt` package!
    • Lesson: Learn Go: fmt Package
    • Quiz: Learn Go: fmt Package
    • Project: New Device Setup
  • Learn Go: Conditionals: If you want to learn about implementing conditionals in Go, you've come to the right place!
    • Lesson: Learn Go: Conditionals
    • Quiz: Go Conditionals
    • Project: Bank Heist
  • Learn Go: Functions: Learn how to write Go functions in this action-packed course!
    • Lesson: Learn Go: Functions
    • Quiz: Learn Go: Functions Quiz
    • Project: Learn Go Functions: Interstellar Travel
    • Lesson: Learn Go: Addresses and Pointers
  • Learn Go: Interfaces: Learn the syntax and usage of Interfaces in Go
    • Lesson: Interfaces in Go
    • Project: Go Fitness Tracker: Implementing Interfaces
    • Quiz: Interfaces in Go Quiz
    • Article: Learn Go: Next Steps

Taught by

Lucas White

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