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Go Fundamentals

If your job brings you into contact with the cloud, then you are probably interacting with Go. This course will teach you all you need to create your own Go programs, including an introduction to Go’s concurrency mechanisms.

Mike VanSickle - Pluralsight course - Go Fundamentals
by Mike VanSickle

What you'll learn

Go has become the first language many companies reach when they need fast, scalable, and maintainable software for cloud-based platforms. In this course, Go Fundamentals, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Go software development. First, you’ll explore the core language, such as the use of variables and control flow. Next, you’ll discover how to organize Go programs to maximize their clarity and maintainability. Finally, you’ll learn how to optimize application performance using Go’s elegant concurrency mechanism. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Go needed to write straightforward and performant applications.

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Mike VanSickle - Pluralsight course - Go Fundamentals
Mike VanSickle

Michael VanSickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He is a mechanical engineer by training and a software engineer by choice. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and user experience design.

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