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Learn Go

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Stuck in Tutorial Hell? Learn Backend Dev the Right Way

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Master the fundamentals of the Go programming language in this comprehensive interactive course. Go is one of the most popular languages of 2025, and Go developers are among the highest paid in the world. You'll practice writing performant, idiomatic Go with these hands-on lessons, challenges and quizzes.

Syllabus

Variables

Learn the basic syntax for declaring and using variables and why you should use Go in the first place

Constants and Formatting

Learn how constants work in Go and how to format output using the fmt and unicode packages.

Conditionals

Use if/else statements to control the flow of your program

Functions

Learn about how functions behave

Structs

Idiomatically model data in Go using structs

Interfaces

Master one of Go's most powerful tools: the interface

Errors

Learn how Go uniquely handles errors

Loops

Practice various algorithms in Go

Slices

Learn about Go's take on ordered lists

Maps

Go has an answer to Python's sets and dictionaries, we call it a map

Pointers

Learn about pointers and their pitfalls

Packages and Modules

Learn how go projects are organized on your local machine

Channels

Master the #1 reason to use Go: its elegance of concurrent programming

Mutexes

Continue learning about concurrency with mutexes

Generics

Learn how Go approaches polymorphism with generics: a new feature added in 1.18

Enums

Go famously doesn't support proper enums, but we'll go over how Go developers solve the same kinds of problems with the tools they have.

Quiz

Learn about go-specific design patterns and fun language facts

Taught by

Lane Wagner, Allan, Dan, Matt, and Hunter

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4.8 rating at Boot.dev based on 1356 ratings

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