Go (a.k.a. Golang) is a statically-typed programming language first developed at Google. It is derived from C with additional features such as garbage collection, type safety, dynamic-typing capabilities, additional built-in types, and a large standard library.
This course takes off where basic tutorials on the language leave off. You can immediately put into practice some of the more advanced concepts and libraries offered by the language while avoiding some of the common mistakes for new Go developers.
The course covers basic type and error handling. It explores applications that interact with users, such as command-line tools or via the file system.
About The Author
Aaron Torres received his master’s of science degree in computer science from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He has worked on distributed systems in high performance computing and in large-scale web and microservices applications. He currently leads a team of Go developers that refines and focuses on Go best practices with
an emphasis on continuous delivery and automated testing.
Aaron has published a number of papers and has several patents in the area of storage and I/O. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and ideas with others. He is also a huge fan of the Go language and open source for backend systems and development.
