A few years ago, I discovered Go and immediately fell in love with this language. I loved how the incredibly clean design of the language, as well as the awesome toolchain, suddenly made coding a breeze. Still, every language able to produce production-level code has some inherent complexity, and soon I found myself dragging pieces of information together, from various tutorials, blogs, forums, books, and other parts of the internet. You bet that these information bits were often incomplete, targeted at a different level than I needed, or even contradicted each other.
Master Go
6h 32m 20s
English
Paid
I really wished I had everything in one place, carefully collected and assembled into a sane curriculum, presented in a pleasant way, with consistent style, easy to digest.
And so I built Master Go, to give you the course that I wish I had. A course designed to be efficient, intuitive, and complete.
About the Author: Christoph Berger (AppliedGo)
Christoph Berger publishes the AppliedGo blog and YouTube channel — one of the longer-running independent sources of practical Go tutorials, focused on idiomatic patterns and small standalone programs that teach a concept end-to-end.
His CourseFlix listing carries Master Go — a comprehensive Go course aimed at developers picking up the language for back-end and systems work.
Material is paid and aimed at developers from other backgrounds adopting Go for production work. For a broader Go syllabus on CourseFlix, see the full Golang category page where this course sits alongside material from Bill Kennedy (Ardan Labs), ByteSizeGo, and the wider Go teaching community.
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| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome! Demo | 05:29 | |
| 2 | Intro to section 1 | 01:12 | |
| 3 | Installing Git | 00:54 | |
| 4 | Installing Go | 03:49 | |
| 5 | Installing Visual Studio Code | 05:24 | |
| 6 | Get the code | 02:09 | |
| 7 | Your First Go Program | 04:24 | |
| 8 | Go Documentation on golang.org | 06:24 | |
| 9 | The Go Playground | 02:49 | |
| 10 | Intro to section 2 | 00:47 | |
| 11 | Variables | 05:08 | |
| 12 | Control Structures 1 - if | 02:22 | |
| 13 | Control Structures 2 - switch | 01:48 | |
| 14 | Control Structures 3 - for | 04:55 | |
| 15 | A Quick Intro to Using Libraries | 04:38 | |
| 16 | Input and Output 1 - Printing | 03:15 | |
| 17 | Input and Output 2 - Scanning | 04:08 | |
| 18 | Input and Output 3 - Command Line | 01:46 | |
| 19 | Input and Output 4 - Flags | 03:51 | |
| 20 | Exercise: Build Your First Little Commandline Tool! | 02:09 | |
| 21 | Strings 1 - Basics | 05:38 | |
| 22 | Strings 2 - Unicode | 04:40 | |
| 23 | Strings 3 - Literals | 01:58 | |
| 24 | Numeric Data Types 1 - Integers and Booleans | 06:57 | |
| 25 | Numeric Data Types 2 - Floating Point Numbers | 04:02 | |
| 26 | Numeric Data Types 3 - Floating Point Tips | 05:46 | |
| 27 | Numeric Data Types 4 - Complex Numbers | 02:24 | |
| 28 | Constants | 07:27 | |
| 29 | Pointers | 05:57 | |
| 30 | Functions 1 - Declaring Functions | 04:26 | |
| 31 | Functions 2 - Function Behavior (recursion, deferred functions, scope) | 04:19 | |
| 32 | Functions 3 - Function Values and Closures | 06:31 | |
| 33 | Functions 4 - Functions and Pointers | 02:34 | |
| 34 | Error Handling | 08:54 | |
| 35 | Error Inspection | 06:39 | |
| 36 | Packages and Libraries 1 - Using Third-Party Packages | 04:34 | |
| 37 | Packages and Libraries 2 - Creating Custom Packages | 05:37 | |
| 38 | Packages and Libraries 3 - Publish Your Package | 05:14 | |
| 39 | Packages and Libraries 4 - Sub-Packages | 03:16 | |
| 40 | Modules 1 - Definition | 02:06 | |
| 41 | Modules 2 - Creating a Module | 03:06 | |
| 42 | Modules 3 - Add Version Information | 02:34 | |
| 43 | Modules 4 - Using Modules | 06:01 | |
| 44 | Modules 5 - Local Development | 07:20 | |
| 45 | Modules 6 - Dependency Maintenance | 08:22 | |
| 46 | Modules 8 - How Go Selects a Module Version | 08:25 | |
| 47 | Exercise: Bank Account | 06:46 | |
| 48 | Intro to section 3 | 00:46 | |
| 49 | Arrays | 05:19 | |
| 50 | Slices | 06:38 | |
| 51 | Pass-By-Value Semantics seem to break! (Or do they?) | 02:20 | |
| 52 | Byte Slices and Strings | 03:42 | |
| 53 | Maps | 07:31 | |
| 54 | Type Declarations | 03:28 | |
| 55 | Type Aliases | 04:28 | |
| 56 | Struct Basics | 07:20 | |
| 57 | Struct embedding and anonymous fields | 03:09 | |
| 58 | Struct field tags and JSON | 02:38 | |
| 59 | Methods | 08:36 | |
| 60 | Method Sets | 02:46 | |
| 61 | Interfaces 1 - Representing Behavior | 07:44 | |
| 62 | Interfaces 2 - Interfaces as Parameters | 05:36 | |
| 63 | Interfaces 4 - Internals (and a gotcha) | 01:33 | |
| 64 | Generics 1 - Type Parameters | 05:36 | |
| 65 | Generics 2 - Type Constraints | 07:06 | |
| 66 | Generics 3 - Generic Interface Functions | 05:52 | |
| 67 | Exercise: write a Web service - part 1: the Web server | 03:29 | |
| 68 | Exercise: write a Web service - part 2: routing | 02:03 | |
| 69 | Exercise: write a Web service - part 3: handling requests | 03:13 | |
| 70 | Exercise: write a Web service - part 4: the data store | 05:38 | |
| 71 | Intro to section 4 | 01:09 | |
| 72 | Compiling with go run, go build, and go install | 04:38 | |
| 73 | Conditional compilation | 05:37 | |
| 74 | The Go Module Proxy and the Go Sum DB | 05:41 | |
| 75 | Configuring Proxy and Sum Servers | 05:15 | |
| 76 | Formatting your code with go fmt | 02:26 | |
| 77 | Testing with go test | 08:24 | |
| 78 | Testing - Good test design, and how to verify test coverage | 03:27 | |
| 79 | Testing - Subtests, parallel tests, and table-driven tests | 06:41 | |
| 80 | Testing - Fuzzing | 12:27 | |
| 81 | Testing - Benchmarking with go test | 04:31 | |
| 82 | Documentation - Create documentation from code | 03:29 | |
| 83 | Documentation - godoc and go doc | 02:46 | |
| 84 | Intro to section 5 | 00:32 | |
| 85 | Reflection | 09:52 |
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Frequently asked questions
What prerequisites are needed before enrolling in this course?
To enroll in this course, you should have a basic understanding of programming concepts. Familiarity with another programming language is beneficial but not mandatory, as the course starts with fundamental topics such as installing tools like Git and Visual Studio Code, and writing your first Go program.
What kind of projects will I build during the course?
During the course, you will build practical projects such as a command-line tool. The exercise titled 'Build Your First Little Commandline Tool!' provides hands-on experience with input and output operations, enhancing your understanding of how to create functional software with Go.
Who is the target audience for this course?
The course is designed for programmers who are new to Go and want to learn the language from the ground up. It is also suitable for developers who have some experience with Go but wish to solidify their understanding of its core features and toolchain.
How does the depth of this course compare to other Go programming courses?
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of Go's features, covering 85 lessons. It provides extensive insights into core topics such as control structures, data types, functions, error handling, packages, libraries, and modules, making it suitable for those seeking a thorough foundation in Go compared to shorter, more introductory courses.
What specific tools or platforms does the course cover?
The course covers essential tools for Go development, including Git for version control, Visual Studio Code as an IDE, and the Go Playground for testing code snippets online. These tools are integral to modern Go programming and are covered in the initial lessons to set up the development environment.
What topics are not covered in this course?
The course does not explicitly cover advanced topics such as Go's concurrency model (goroutines and channels) or web development frameworks. It focuses primarily on foundational concepts and standard library usage, preparing students for more specialized or advanced study in those areas.
How much time should I expect to commit to this course?
The course comprises 85 lessons, and while a specific runtime is not provided, each lesson is designed to offer a substantial amount of content for practice and comprehension. Students should expect to dedicate several hours per week to complete the exercises and understand the material thoroughly.