March 2025
Beginner
1h 51m
English
on-demand course
Introduction to Go Programming: From Basics to Building with Golang
with Miriah Peterson
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
This course provides an introduction to the Go programming language, focusing on its unique features and benefits. Learners will explore language types, logical expressions, and key Go idioms, and will gain experience interacting with the go standard library. This course addresses the benefits transitioning to Go and offers practical skills for real-world application development.
What you’ll learn and how to apply it
- By the end of this course, learners will be able to write basic Go programs and create applications using Go.
- By the end of this course, learners will be familiar with Go best practices and how to write clean idiomatic programs.
This course is for you because
- This course is designed for software developers and engineers who are familiar with programming concepts but new to Go.
- It aims to equip learners with the foundational knowledge of Go language, enabling them to write basic programs and develop simple programs like a cli.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of programming concepts
- Familiarity with any programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Java)
- Basic knowledge of the command line interface
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