Zero to Gopher

Who Is This Course For?

This course is specifically designed for junior to mid-level programmers with experience in languages like JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Ruby.

• You've felt the pain of dynamic typing and are intrigued by Go's simplicity and performance.
• You know compiled languages are the backbone of modern infrastructure, and Go is the one you need to learn.
• You simply haven't taken the plunge yet.

This is your moment.

Why Learn with Me?

I've been writing Go for over a decade and am the host of go podcast(). I've been in the trenches and know exactly what skills are needed for a successful Go career.

Join me in this 5+ hour, hands-on adventure where we'll build a solid Go foundation, covering everything you need for you to start writing Go programs and unlock next steps.

This course doesn't just teach syntax, it ensures you master the core concepts and the subtleties of the language. You'll finish the course ready to write clean, idiomatic Go programs that tackle real-world problems.

Stop watching from the sidelines. Become a Gopher today.

Your First Project: The Budget CLI

Even though this course focuses on core Go fundamentals, you won't just be doing dry exercises. You'll immediately start applying your knowledge by building a functional Command-Line Interface (CLI) Budget Tracker.

This project serves as a practical sandbox where you will:

• Master Go's Unique Type System: We'll model real-world concepts like an Income and an Expense as standard Go structs.
• Unlock the Power of Interfaces: You'll learn how both Income and Expense can be treated uniformly as a single Transaction interface. This is a massive feature of Go, and you'll see firsthand how it leads to flexible, clean code.

Key Concepts You Will Master

Don't worry if terms like "struct" and "interface" sound new, we start from the absolute ground up! We build your foundation block-by-block, covering:

• Control Flow, Functions, and Data Types
• Idiomatic Error Handling (A critical skill for any Go developer)
• Unit Testing (Writing robust, reliable code)
• The Go Interface Model (The language's greatest strength)

A Note on Concurrency: You've probably heard that concurrency (goroutines and channels) is one of Go's most exciting features. While true, concurrency requires a solid understanding of all the basics covered here. To ensure you learn things correctly, we focus on the fundamentals first. Concurrency is a vast and exciting topic reserved for our next course!

Get ready to code, build, and become a Gopher!