Go Resources

I was recently clued into Go being:

1. a really useful language to learn
2. theoretically easy to

Not missing a chance to learn, I have been diving in. This post is a history of my travels, so other travelers might benefit.

I don’t know what your ideal way of learning a new programming language is, but for me it’s a mix of working on problems, seeing good patterns, and hearing some of the underlying theory for why the language is the way it is. To that end, I have been using:

Book + Offical Stuff

• The Go Programming Language - A book, 79% 5-star and 14% 4-star on Amazon as of writing. If stuck, see solutions.
• Effective Go - “How to write clear, idiomatic code”
• Go Spec
• How To Write Go Code
• Go Blog

Exercises

• Exercism - A reliable source of problems and answers for many languages, including Go.

Walkthroughs/Tours

• A Tour Of Go - The official tour of Go. A walkthrough of the features with a few problems thrown in. If you need them, see the solutions.
• Go By Example - “Go by Example is a hands-on introduction to Go using annotated example programs”

Juxtapositions

• Go Vs Python - How to do Python things in Go. Super useful for someone like me with questions like “But can I slice?”
• Python Idioms In Go - More how to do Python things in Go.

Why is Go like that?

• The Why Of Go - An excellent video on the context Go sits in, and why it is the way it is.
• Go For The Long Game - Carmen Andoh on ergonomics/aesthetics of Go.
• Concurrency Is Not Parallelism - Rob Pike, one of the creators of Go, talking about core philosophy of Go.

Concurrency Patterns

• Go Concurrency Patterns - Rob Pike on patterns of concurrency in Go.
• Advanced Go Concurrency Patterns - Sameer Ajmani giving an advanced talk on concurrency in Go.
• Concurrency Patterns In Go - Another talk on concurrency patterns