Tool
Go
A simple, fast, compiled language built for concurrency
Learn Go's syntax, structs, and goroutines.
8
Chapters
17
Hours (estimated)
1
Self-paced
Part-time
About 6 weeks
1 hour a day, 3 days a week
Full-time
About 2 weeks
3 hours a day, 3 days a week
Estimated from 8 chapters (notes, practice, labs, quiz, exercise, and challenge) plus the final exam. Go at your own pace.
Curriculum
8 chapters, each with a tutorial, a live example, a quiz, an exercise, a challenge, and class practice.
- 1
Introduction to Go
Simplicity, compilation, and Go's design goals.
- 2
Variables & Types
Declarations, type inference, and basic types.
- 3
Control Flow
if/else, for (Go's only loop), and switch.
- 4
Functions
Multiple return values and named returns.
- 5
Structs
Grouping related fields into a type.
- 6
Slices & Maps
Go's dynamic array and hash map types.
- 7
Goroutines
Lightweight concurrency with go and channels.
- 8
Error Handling
Go's explicit, no-exceptions error pattern.
Go is free to study, self-paced. Pass the final exam to earn an optional Certificate of Completion for $40.