The Go language has proven itself to be an excellent choice for creating cloud and network applications, but how do you know if it is a good fit for you and your team? In this course, Go: The Big Picture, you’ll see what makes Go the first choice for many of today’s largest organizations. First, you’ll discover Go’s design philosophy and the features of the language. Next, you’ll explore what Go code looks like . Finally, you’ll learn about the ecosystem and how it can help you successfully integrate Go into your organization. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Go needed to decide if it would be a valuable addition to your software inventory.
Author Name: Mike Van Sickle
Author Description:
Michael Van Sickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, designing components for the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and F#. Mike also loves learning about user experience design and is taking a lead role in his company’s attempt to make applications that are elegant and simple. When he i… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Why Go?
  16mins
• Programming with Go
  25mins
• Leveraging the Go Ecosystem
  19mins