Gopher Academy Courses

Hello World, from the Code to the Screen

Explore the Go compiler's inner workings, from source code to executable, using a "Hello World" example. Gain insights into each step of the compilation process.

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

System Programming for Real-time Video Capture in Go

Explore Go's capabilities for real-time video capture using system programming. Learn to interact with Linux video API, control hardware, and stream image data for webcam applications.

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

Secure Coding in Go - Avoiding Common Vulnerabilities

Learn secure coding practices in Go, focusing on common vulnerabilities like injections and XSS. Discover best practices, encryption basics, and proactive security measures for robust application development.

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

TinyGo - Getting the Upper Hen

Explore TinyGo for microcontrollers: learn to collect henhouse data, use WiFi communication, and build dashboards for remote monitoring. Unleash creativity with Go in small-scale projects.

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

CGO-less Foreign Function Interface with WebAssembly

Explore CGO-less Foreign Function Interface using WebAssembly in Go. Learn about wazero, a pure Go WebAssembly runtime, and its implementation for secure and flexible cross-language function calls.

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

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