tuxerrante/go_exercises

repo for mastering go

Build and Run

To add more packages locally, follow these suggestions.
To not get mad with gitignore, always build giving an ignored extension to binaries (*.o, *.exe), or move them to an ignored folder (/bin)

go mod init myExample
go mod tidy
go run .

Resources

Master go learning roadmap: https://roadmap.sh/golang/

Tutorials

• https://go.dev/tour
• https://go101.org/
• https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/how-to-code-in-go

Video courses

• TechWorld with Nana - Golang Tutorial for Beginners
• FreeCodeCamp - Learn Go Programming - Golang Tutorial for Beginners
• That DevOps Guy - Introduction to Go Programming for beginners

Exercises

• https://exercism.org/tracks/go
• https://golangr.com/exercises/
• https://gophercises.com/
• https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/algorithms

Suggested path (WIP)

Use Go Tour as the base lessons order. While the following list should be used as an extension of the arguments for a deeper understanding:

• Hello world!

  • https://exercism.org/tracks/go/exercises/hello-world

• Modules and packages

  • https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/create-module
  • https://go101.org/article/packages-and-imports.html

• Strings

  • https://www.calhoun.io/6-tips-for-using-strings-in-go/

• Slices

  • golangbot.com/arrays-and-slices
  • go.dev/blog/slices-intro
  • https://pkg.go.dev/builtin#append
  • growslice() 1.18 code algorithm

• Maps

• Closures

  • https://go.dev/tour/moretypes/25
  • https://gobyexample.com/closures
  • Fibonacci exercise

• Interfaces

  • Go tour - interfaces
  • Go101 - Interfaces - Until value boxing chapter
  • https://pkg.go.dev/builtin#any
  • Print code - fast view
  • Interface specification

• Value boxing, polymorphism, reflection

  • Go101 Interfaces - From value boxing
  • https://pkg.go.dev/reflect

• Memory model

  • Profiling
    • https://pkg.go.dev/runtime/pprof#pkg-overview
    • HTTP profiler
  • How to dump goroutine stacktraces?

• Benchmarking

  • https://blog.logrocket.com/benchmarking-golang-improve-function-performance/

• Concurrency and Routines

  • https://www.kelche.co/blog/go/golang-scheduling/
  • https://go.dev/tour/concurrency/1
  • https://quii.gitbook.io/learn-go-with-tests/go-fundamentals/concurrency
  • https://go101.org/article/channel-use-cases.html

Books

• https://assets.digitalocean.com/books/how-to-code-in-go.pdf