Gopher Academy Courses

Exploring Network Programming by Building a Toxiproxy Clone

Explore network programming in Go by building a Toxiproxy clone. Learn about sockets, channels, goroutines, and TCP stream manipulation for chaos testing and application resilience.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Build a Distributed System - and Should You?

Explore building an eventually consistent distributed system using Go, gRPC, Kubernetes, LevelDB, and Prometheus. Learn key concepts, implementation challenges, and lessons from real-world deployment across multiple countries.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How Apache Beam Makes Your Data Processing Go

Explore Apache Beam's Go SDK for efficient distributed data processing, overcoming Go's unique challenges using reflection, interfaces, and generics for scalable pipeline execution.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Collect First, Ask Questions Later

Explore techniques for creating debug archives in Go systems, enhancing debugging capabilities through state snapshots and real-world examples from Fleet's production code.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Fuzz Testing Made Easy

Explore Go's native fuzz testing capabilities, including differential fuzzing and its mechanics, with a live demo of bug detection and resolution using this powerful tool.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Control Theory and Concurrent Garbage Collection Deep Dive

Explore Go's concurrent garbage collection, its control theory-based timing, recent changes in Go 1.18, and their impact on developers in this deep dive into runtime mechanics.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Parsing Without Code Generators - Parser Combinators in Go with Generics

Explore parser combinators in Go with generics: learn to build composable parsers, implement primitives, and create a microlanguage parser without code generators.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Compatibility - How Go Programs Keep Working

Explore Go's compatibility promise, its significance, and strategies for language evolution without breaking existing programs.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Taking the - Quantum Leap with Go

Explore post-quantum cryptography with Go, focusing on Kyber and Dilithium algorithms. Learn about API design, enhanced security features, and the practical implications of implementing quantum-resistant cryptography.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Unbound Concurrency in Go

Explore Go's concurrency features through live coding, learning practical skills to leverage its capabilities and avoid pitfalls in network utility development.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Be Smug, Debug - Why You Should Be a Delve Power User

Unlock the full potential of Delve debugger for Go projects. Learn advanced configurations, overcome challenges, and discover hidden benefits to enhance your team's debugging efficiency.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building Production Applications Using Go & SQLite

Explore building scalable applications using Go and SQLite, focusing on recent advancements, configuration tips, and strategies for improving data durability and performance.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How We Go at Zillow

Explore Zillow's approach to building maintainable Go services, focusing on transport-agnostic design, testability, and easy maintenance while prioritizing business value.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Using CRDTs to Build a Highly Available Decentralized Service

Explore CRDTs for building decentralized services in Go, covering implementation, advantages, and practical applications in distributed systems.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

3D Printing Gophers with Go

Explore 3D printing Gophers using Go: Learn concepts, tools, and practical examples for managing and monitoring 3D printers, from firmware interaction to data visualization.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk