Go Language Overview Course (How To)

This overview of the Go programming language is designed for developers who are already familiar with another language. It's a quick tour of the language's core features such as interfaces and goroutines.

What you'll learn

• Go syntax
• Types
• Error handling
• Interfaces
• Goroutines

Go Syntax

Go's syntax is fairly similar to C, Java, and other compiled languages, but it has a few unique traits. In this stage, we'll learn everything you need to get started programming.

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• Overview

  6:03

• Packages

  6:42

• Packages

  5 questions

• Downloading and Storing Package Code

  6:58

• Types

  3:47

• Types

  4 questions

• Variables

  7:51

• Variables

  1 objective

• Package Variables

  1 objective

• Functions

  6:43

• Multiple Return Values

  5:26

• Functions

  1 objective

• Error Return Values

  1 objective

• The Go Formatting Tool

  1:40

Flow Control

Learn how to direct which parts of your code run next with loops, conditionals, and switches.

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• Loops

  5:20

• Loops

  1 objective

• If Statements

  4:42

• If Statements

  1 objective

• Switch Statements

  2:25

• Switch Statements

  1 objective

Data Structures

Learn about the various ways Go stores complex data.

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• Pointers

  5:32

• Pointers

  3 questions

• Arrays

  5:53

• Slices

  9:24

• Creating slices

  1 objective

• Accessing Slices

  1 objective

• Looping Over Slices

  1 objective

• Maps

  4:06

• Maps

  1 objective

Custom Types

Suppose we had one integer that represents a number of minutes, and another that represents a number of hours? How do you tell those two apart? How do you avoid accidentally storing the hours integer in the minutes integer, or vice-versa? Go lets you create custom types that will help you avoid these sort of mix-ups.

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• Custom Types

  4:10

• Methods

  6:27

• Methods

  1 objective

• Structs

  7:43

• Structs

  1 objective

• Interfaces

  7:30

• Interfaces

  1 objective

Concurrency

Don't keep the user waiting! Run multiple parts of your program at once with goroutines. You can communicate between different goroutines and keep everything synchronized using channels.

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• Goroutines

  3:18

• Channels

  5:27

• Goroutines and Channels

  1 objective

• Course Summary

  1:18

• Final Quiz

  8 questions