Gopher Academy Courses

The Future of JSON in Go - GopherCon 2023

Explore the future of JSON handling in Go, including potential updates to the "encoding/json" package, addressing flaws, and improving performance for modern applications.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Go Language Changes and Future Directions - GopherCon 2023

Explore the latest updates and modifications to the Go programming language with Russ Cox in this insightful GopherCon 2023 presentation.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Understanding Supply Chain Threats with Static Analysis - GopherCon 2023

Explore a CLI tool for Go that detects privileged permissions in package dependencies, enhancing security and preventing supply chain attacks.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using Go to Bring a Pinball Machine Back to Life

Explore how Go's concurrency and WaitGroups were used to revive a pinball machine, implementing game rules and integrating Raspberry Pi and Arduino for a fully functional, Go-powered gaming experience.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From Zero to Hero - Building and Deploying an Interactive Game in Go - GopherCon 2023

Learn to build and deploy an interactive game with in-game chat using Golang, then scale it on AWS Serverless for easy sharing with friends.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Balanced GC: A Copying Garbage Collector for Golang - Lecture

Explore a new copying garbage collector for Go that accelerates object allocation and enhances performance in large-scale microservices through bump allocation and per-goroutine buffers.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Type Inference in Go

Explore Go's type inference feature: its magic, potential, and impact on code cleanliness. Gain insights into this powerful aspect of Go's generic functions.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Holistic Go Experience

Explore Go's integrated developer experience, from IDE to security, and discover the Go Team's vision for future enhancements and complete, developer-centric solutions.

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

Safe, Fast, and Easy - Building a Plugin System with WebAssembly

Learn to build a secure, efficient plugin system using WebAssembly and WASI, overcoming traditional challenges in Go program extensibility.

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

A Journey Through Integration Testing with Go - What Could Go Wrong?

Explore integration testing in Go using TestContainers-go and go-test-report, addressing challenges and solutions encountered during implementation for a smart city project.

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

Kraken Wrangling for Dummies - Go Module Dependency Management at Scale

Exploring Perseus: A tool for managing Go module dependencies at scale, addressing challenges in code navigation and version tracking for large-scale projects.

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

Go, the Data Engineer's Missing Tool?

Explore Go's potential in data engineering, focusing on serialization, efficient processing, and reliability. Learn about challenges and benefits of introducing Go to this domain.

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

Test Go Service Integration Using Contracts

Learn how CrowdStrike uses Contract Testing for Go HTTP/Message services to efficiently test microservice integrations without costly deployments or brittle environments.

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

Aerospace Go

Explore Go's applications in aerospace, from orbital simulations to rocket engine testing. Learn how this language is revolutionizing space technology development in Argentina.

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

Performance in a High-throughput SQL Database

Explore profiling techniques and performance optimization for SQL databases in Go, featuring insights from DoltHub's journey in building a Git-like database with MySQL-level speed.

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