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Learn Go

Learn Go by writing real code with structs, interfaces, error handling, concurrency, and backend design patterns.

What you'll learn in this Go course

Master the fundamentals of the Go programming language in this comprehensive interactive course. You'll practice writing performant, idiomatic Go while working through hands-on lessons, challenges, and quizzes covering everything from structs and interfaces to concurrency.

Chapter List

1
Variables
Learn the basic syntax for declaring and using variables and why you should use Go in the first place
2
Constants and Formatting
Learn how constants work in Go and how to format output using the fmt and unicode packages.
3
Conditionals
Use if/else statements to control the flow of your program
4
Functions
Learn about how functions behave
5
Structs
Idiomatically model data in Go using structs
6
Interfaces
Master one of Go's most powerful tools: the interface
7
Errors
Learn how Go uniquely handles errors
8
Loops
Practice various algorithms in Go
9
Slices
Learn about Go's take on ordered lists
10
Maps
Go has an answer to Python's sets and dictionaries, we call it a map
11
Pointers
Learn about pointers and their pitfalls
12
Packages and Modules
Learn how go projects are organized on your local machine
13
Channels
Master the #1 reason to use Go: its elegance of concurrent programming
14
Mutexes
Continue learning about concurrency with mutexes
15
Generics
Learn how Go approaches polymorphism with generics: a new feature added in 1.18
16
Enums
Go famously doesn't support proper enums, but we'll go over how Go developers solve the same kinds of problems with the tools they have.
17
Quiz
Learn about go-specific design patterns and fun language facts

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The concurrency section was especially cool as that is something I had not seen in other languages as of now so learning how threads and multiple cores can actually be used in computers is much more concrete than just buzz words for me personally

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Walter Betz Jr

United States

Probably it was one of the best course I've ever enrolled. You'll see critical subjects which are really important to understand go language. Thorough the course I felt like im not only learning these things im actually using what i learned with exercises. Course covers all the important titles.

(5/5)
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M. Baran Bilal

Turkey

very engaging and informative

(5/5)
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Sivakumar Murugesan

India

Well it is well structured, there are few places where explanation could be better like mutex, channel and enums. But it was great that there are enough practice exercises.

(5/5)
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MANIK

India

Cover go basics and includes some best practices.

(5/5)
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Dennis Marwood

United States

Overall, this is a nice course that covers the core concepts of Go well. But after finishing, I realized I still struggled with foundational concepts like string manipulation.

(4/5)
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Jaroslav

Lviv

Great course to start with Go

(5/5)
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V M

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Beautifully covered all the Golang basics. I knew the langauge already but I lacked the most advanced stuff (mutexes, channels, concurrency). Now I got it all!

(5/5)
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Paulina

Poland

great course.

(5/5)
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Roger Lopez

DC, United States

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Frequently asked Questions

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Yes, but we assume you're already familiar with programming basics like variables, conditionals, and functions. You don't need any prior Go experience.