Hands-On Introduction: Go

Discover the power and applicability of the Go programming language in this practical, in-depth introduction.

Introduction

• Hands-on with Go
• Using GitHub Codespaces with this course

1. Packages and Functions

• Code organization with packages
• Importing and using packages
• Third-party packages
• Packages and visibility
• Functions
• Challenge 1: Working with packages

2. Basic Types and Variables

• Variables, types, and scope
• Constants
• Type conversions
• Pointers
• Challenge 2: Working with primitive types

3. Composite Types

• Struct basics
• Struct methods
• Struct pointers
• Struct embedding
• Arrays
• Slices
• Maps
• Challenge 3: Working with composite types

4. Flow Control

• Loops
• Conditionals
• Defer, panic, and recover
• Challenge 4: Flow control

5. Interfaces

• Defining and implementing interfaces
• The empty interface
• Type assertions
• Type switches
• Challenge 5: Working with interfaces

6. Generics

• Type parameters
• Interface constraints
• Standard library support
• Challenge 6: Refactoring with generics

7. Testing

• Writing simple tests, setup, and teardown
• Table-driven tests
• Benchmarking
• Challenge 7: Write some tests

8. Concurrency

• Goroutines
• Channel basics
• Buffered channels
• Channel ranging
• Channel select
• Channel non-blocking
• Sync package
• Challenge 8: Goroutine synchronization

Conclusion

• Next steps