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Go Language Overview

172-minute Go Language Course

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About this Course

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

Flow Control

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

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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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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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Teacher

  • Jay McGavren

    Resident Ruby and Go teacher for Treehouse. Author of Head First Ruby, a tutorial book on the core Ruby language.

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