https://github.com/avicennajr/golang-learning

Documenting Our Journey on Learning Go
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Documenting Our Journey on Learning Go

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/avicennajr/golang-learning
• Owner: AvicennaJr
• Created: 2022-10-06T09:41:35.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-29T09:27:53.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-17T00:26:05.185Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 11.8 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Golang Learning Guide RoadMap

I divided the learning into six sections. Each section is divided into a number

of units. Each unit should be completed in a day.

## Section One: Basics

### Unit 1: Hello Go

- [ ] Learn how to Install, create your first hello.go program and know

how to run it.

### Unit 2: Data Types

- [ ] Data types in Go

### Unit 3: Conditionals

- [ ] If Statements

- [ ] Switches

### Unit 4: Loops

- [ ] For Loops

### Unit 5: Functions

- [ ] Defining Functions

- [ ] Anonymous Functions

### Understanding what you learnt

We'll be required to create a few simple projects that will confirm our

learning so far.

## Section Two: Data Structures

### Unit 6: Arrays and Slices

- [ ] Learn how to define arrays

- [ ] Slicing and Ranging arrays

### Unit 7: Structs

- [ ] Creating Structs

- [ ] Copying a Struct

- [ ] Methods in Structs

- [ ] Comparing Structs

### Unit 8: Maps

- [ ] Creating Maps

- [ ] Using Structs and Maps

### Unit 9: Using JSON

- [ ] Decoding JSON

- [ ] Encoding JSON

### Unit 10: Interfaces

- [ ] Working with Interfaces

- [ ] How to use them

## Section Three: Multitasking

### Unit 11: Goroutines

- [ ] Understanding Goroutines

- [ ] Using Goroutines with shared resources

- [ ] Synchronizing Goroutines

### Unit 12: Communicating Goroutines with Channels

- [ ] Understanding Channels

- [ ] Iterating through channels

- [ ] Asynchronously waiting on channels

- [ ] Using buffered channels

## Section Four: Organizing Code

### Unit 13: Using and Creating packages in Go

- [ ] Working with Packages

- [ ] Using third party Packages

### Unit 14: Grouping packages into Modules

- [ ] Creating a module

- [ ] Testing and Building a module

- [ ] Publishing a module on github

# Extras

The following Units are not mandatory but will be good for practice

## Section Five: Go in Action

### Unit 15: Consuming Web APIs

- [ ] Fetching data from Web services

### Unit 16: Serving REST APIs

- [ ] Building  web services using REST APIs

- [ ] Creating a REST API in Go

### Unit 17: Working with Databases

- [ ] Connecting to a Database with Go

## Resources:

* Go Programming Language for Dummies

* [Golang Tour Guide](https://go.dev/tour)

* [Exercism for practice exercises](https://exercism.org/tracks/go/exercises)