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Overview
Go (Golang) is a popular open-source programming language originally developed by Google in 2009. Since then thousands of businesses and developers have adopted the multi-purpose language to develop products and services in various domains.
This four day course explores the language by walking students through the steps to develop a command line application, as well as a web application. Students will learn the fundamentals of the language, core design principles, and advanced topics like generics and concurrency.
Syllabus
The Basics
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Learn how to install Go and set up the environment.
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Review language fundamentals such as variables, constants, loops and conditionals.
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Understand how to define and call functions,and how to handle multiple return values.
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Declare and iterate overarrays, slices, and maps.
Types, Structs & Interfaces
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Discover the types and values system in Go.
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Declarestructs.
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Learn how to define methods and understand receivers.
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Learn about indirectionand howto use pointers.
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Learnhow to compose complex types using embedding.
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Explore polymorphism in Go with Interfaces.
Packages & The Standard Library
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Learn how useGo’s package system.
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Get familiar with the Go Standard Library.
Testing & Debugging
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Write unit tests using the standard testing package.
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Learn how to use the command line tools to run tests and generate coverage reports.
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Understand how to create mocks from interfaces to use in testing.
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Practice debugging using the Delve debugging tool.
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Learn how to handle errors.
Advanced Topics
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Learn how to create a Web Application in Go.
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Explore Concurrency in Go, and how to use Goroutines, Mutexes, and Channels.
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Dive into Generics, Type Parameters,and Constraints.
Who Should Take This Course
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Developers of all levels who are ready to get started using Go.
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Developers or engineering managers who are thinking about using Go for their next project.
Prerequisites
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Students should already be familiar with basic programming concepts: variables, statements, functions, arrays, data structures and common programming problems.