In this workshop, we will introduce you to what Go is, get it installed on everyone's computer, and work through several small programs.
Prerequisites
- Has worked with a command shell
- Has some experience writing code
- Provide your own laptop
Course Outline
- Why Go? (5 minutes)
- Install Go. (10 minutes)
- Your first command line program. (15 minutes)
- Your first webserver (20 minutes)
- Your first concurrent program (20 minutes)
- Q&A
Senior Software Engineer
Working at Google for 15 years on Web Search Infrastructure & Search Ads Quality. Maintained Google's largest BigTable.
Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Henry Strickland programs in many different languages, both at work and at home for fun projects.
Frequently he chooses Go for the non-work projects. It's easy to learn, fun …
Working at Google for 15 years on Web Search Infrastructure & Search Ads Quality. Maintained Google's largest BigTable.
Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Henry Strickland programs in many different languages, both at work and at home for fun projects.
Frequently he chooses Go for the non-work projects. It's easy to learn, fun to use, runs fast, and makes nice reusable code.
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