Course Outline
Go in Context: A Comparison
- Go vs Java, Python, C, and others
 - Key design philosophies of Go
 - When (and when not) to use Go
 
Core Language Concepts
- Setting up a Go development environment
 - Variables, constants, and types
 - Functions and multiple return values
 - Control structures: if, switch, for
 - Arrays, slices, and maps
 - Structs and embedding
 - Methods and interfaces
 - Understanding pointers in Go
 - Error handling idioms and patterns
 
Concurrency in Go
- Goroutines and the Go runtime scheduler
 - Channels and message passing
 - Select statements
 - Concurrency patterns (fan-out, fan-in, worker pools)
 - Synchronization (WaitGroups, Mutexes)
 
Using Standard and Common Packages
- Working with the fmt, strings, time, and math packages
 - File I/O with os and io/ioutil
 - HTTP clients and servers with net/http
 - JSON parsing and encoding
 
Project Organization and Go Modules
- Using Go modules for dependency management
 - Organizing packages and files
 - Building and installing Go applications
 
Go Tooling
- Using gofmt and go vet for code formatting and linting
 - Running and writing unit tests with go test
 - Benchmarking and profiling with go test -bench and pprof
 - Debugging with Delve (optional)
 
Summary and Next Steps
- Best practices for Go development
 - Overview of Go web frameworks and ecosystem
 - Resources for continued learning
 
Requirements
- Knowledge of any programming language (e.g. C, Java, Python, PHP, etc.).
 - This course does not explain basic concepts like loops or if-statements — it focuses on how these are implemented in Go.
 
Audience
- Software developers familiar with other programming languages
 - Backend developers transitioning to Go
 - Engineers working on cloud-native or performance-critical applications
 
Testimonials (6)
The practical exercises which were really entertaining.
Jurgen Cruz - Focus Engineering SRL
Course - Go Programming Language for Programmers
The Trainer knew niche language concepts and had a historical perspective on how the language has changed since its original release date.
Brandon - DuosTechnologies, Inc.
Course - Go Programming Language for Programmers
The level of detail into the mechanics of why and how something worked was helpful. I also really appreciated having the repo to pull at the day so I could focus on watching what he was explaining.
Sara - DuosTechnologies, Inc.
Course - Go Programming Language for Programmers
The didactic way of presenting
Ivo Abdul - CEDSIF Ministry of Finance
Course - Go Programming Language for Programmers
Concepts of range, slice, swaps,...
Edmundo Manave - CEDSIF Ministry of Finance
Course - Go Programming Language for Programmers
The simplicity of language and the examples given by the teacher