README.md

Go

Contents

• Go
  • Setup
  • Basics
  • Functions
  • Structs & Interfaces
  • Errors
  • Goroutines & Channels
  • Concurrency Controls
  • Sorting
  • Panic & Defer
  • Inbuilt Modules
  • Developing CLI
  • Microservices
  • Unit testing
  • Tooling
  • Internals
  • References

Setup

• Setup Go https://golang.org/dl/
• VSCode Setup https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/go
• Signup for https://gophercises.com/

Basics

• Hello World
• Values
• Variables, Constants
• For
• If/Else
• Switch
• Arrays
• Slices
• Maps
• Range

Assignnments

• Go through gobyexample.com. Same applies for rest of sections below.

Functions

• Functions
• Named return
• Multiple Return Values
• Closures
• Recursion

Structs & Interfaces

• Structs
• Interfaces
• Methods
• Embedded Types

Errors

Assignments

• Findout type of error in Go and how it is defined?

Goroutines & Channels

• Goroutines
• Channels
• Channel Buffering
• Channel Synchronization
• Channel Directions
• Select
• Timeouts
• Non-Blocking Channel Operations
• Closing Channels
• Range over Channels

Assignments

• https://bit.ly/2XjEBIM
• https://gophercises.com/exercises/quiet_hn

Concurrency Controls

• Timers
• Tickers
• Worker Pools
• WaitGroups
• Rate Limiting
• Atomic Counters
• Mutexes
• Stateful Goroutines

Assignments

• https://gophercises.com/exercises/quiz

Sorting

• Sorting
• Sorting By Functions

Assignments

• https://gophercises.com/exercises/deck

Panic & Defer

• Panic
• Defer

Inbuilt Modules

• Collection Functions
• String Functions
• String Formatting
• Regular Expressions
• JSON Marshal/Unmarshal
• JSON struct tags
• Time
• Epoch
• Time Formatting / Parsing
• Random Numbers
• Number Parsing
• URL Parsing
• SHA1 Hashes
• Base64 Encoding
• Reading Files
• Writing Files
• Line Filters
• File Paths
• Directories
• Temporary Files and Directories
• Command-Line Arguments
• Command-Line Flags
• Command-Line Subcommands
• Environment Variables
• HTTP Clients
• HTTP Servers
• Spawning Processes
• Exec'ing Processes
• Signals
• Exit

Assignments

• https://gophercises.com/exercises/urlshort
• https://gophercises.com/exercises/phone
• https://gophercises.com/exercises/secret

Developing CLI

Microservices

• Using ORM
• Routers
• Controllers & Views
• Templates
• Explore Mux
• Explore Gin

Assignments

• https://dzone.com/articles/create-versatile-microservices-in-golang-part-1?fromrel=true

Unit testing

• Explore packages
  • testing
  • Ginkgo
  • Gomega

Assignments

• Write unit tests and functional/integration tests for microservices application you wrote.

Tooling

• Go Tooling in Action

Internals

• Scheduler Saga
• Understanding Channels
• Locks

References

• https://gobyexample.com/
• http://www.golangbootcamp.com/book/exercises
• https://scotch.io/bar-talk/build-a-realtime-chat-server-with-go-and-websockets