Learn the basics of Go, an open source programming language originally developed by a team at Google and enhanced by many contributors from the open source community. This is the first in a series of three courses comprising the Programming with Google Go specialization. It is designed for individuals with previous programming experience using such languages as C, Python, or Java, and covers the fundamental elements of Go. Topics include data types, protocols, formats, and writing code that incorporates RFCs and JSON. Most importantly, you’ll have a chance to practice writing Go programs and receive feedback from your peers. Upon completing this course, you’ll be able to implement simple Go programs, which will prepare you for the remaining two courses in this specialization: Functions, Methods, and Interfaces in Go and Concurrency in Go.
(00:00) Welcome to the Course
(01:19) Module 1 Overview
(03:01) Why Should I Learn Go? (Advantages of Go)
(14:26) Objects
(20:21) Concurrency
(29:12) Installing Go
(32:33) Workspaces & Packages
(40:08) Go Tool
(45:32) Variables
(49:50) Variable Initialization
(55:07) Welcome to the Course
(56:26) Pointers
(1:01:05) Variable Scope
(1:10:16) Deallocating Memory
(1:15:26) Garbage Collection
(1:20:35) Comments, Printing, Integers
(1:27:53) Ints, Floats, Strings
(1:37:17) String Packages
(1:43:02) Constants
(1:47:23) Control Flow
(1:55:38) Control Flow, Scan
Composite Data Types
(2:01:38) Arrays
(2:08:48) Slices
(2:17:38) Variable Slices
(2:21:50) Hash Tables
(2:28:04) Maps
(2:33:32) Structs
(2:38:50) RFCs
(2:49:19) JSON