Course Acad ID: ACAD0413
Go Programming Training

The course covers Go language fundamentals, concurrency with goroutines and channels, standard library usage, building RESTful services, error handling, testing basics, and best practices for writing efficient Go code.

Overview

This Go Programming training is designed to provide participants with a strong foundation in Go for building high-performance, scalable, and concurrent applications. The course covers Go language fundamentals, concurrency with goroutines and channels, standard library usage, building RESTful services, error handling, testing basics, and best practices for writing efficient Go code. Participants will gain hands-on experience to develop modern backend services and system-level applications using Go.

Learning Outcomes

โ€ข Understand the syntax, programming structure, and core concepts of Go for modern application development.
โ€ข Set up and configure the Go environment, development tools, and project dependencies for programming tasks.
โ€ข Design programs using variables, data types, control statements, functions, and modular programming approaches.
โ€ข Implement concurrency, data structures, package management, and application workflows effectively.
โ€ข Debug, test, and optimize Go applications for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
โ€ข Build scalable, efficient, and production-ready software solutions using Go programming best practices.

Duration & Delivery Mode

21 hours

We serve:
Target Audience

 โ€ข Backend developers and system programmers
 โ€ข Cloud and DevOps engineers
 โ€ข Software engineers building microservices
 โ€ข Developers interested in high-performance applications
 โ€ข Professionals transitioning to Go programming

Pre-requisites

 โ€ข Basic understanding of programming concepts
 โ€ข Familiarity with any programming language is helpful
 โ€ข Basic knowledge of networking or web concepts is beneficial

Skillset Achieved

 โ€ข Writing and compiling Go programs
 โ€ข Understanding Go syntax and language features
 โ€ข Building concurrent applications using goroutines and channels
 โ€ข Creating RESTful APIs in Go
 โ€ข Managing errors and panic recovery
 โ€ข Using Go standard library effectively
 โ€ข Writing unit tests in Go
 โ€ข Building scalable and maintainable Go applications

Course Outcome

By the end of this training, participants will be able to build high-performance, concurrent Go applications with confidence. Learners will gain strong skills in Go fundamentals, concurrency, web services, and cloud-native development, enabling them to develop scalable backend systems and microservices.

Course Outline

Introduction to Go & Development Setup
 โ€ข What is Go and where it is used
 โ€ข Installing Go and configuring environment
 โ€ข Understanding Go workspace and modules
 โ€ข Writing and running first Go program

Go Language Basics
 โ€ข Variables, constants, and data types
 โ€ข Control structures
 โ€ข Functions and multiple return values
 โ€ข Packages and imports

Working with Data Structures
 โ€ข Arrays and slices
 โ€ข Maps
 โ€ข Structs and methods
 โ€ข Working with JSON

Error Handling & Logging
 โ€ข Error handling patterns in Go
 โ€ข Creating custom errors
 โ€ข Panic and recover basics
 โ€ข Logging best practices

Concurrency Fundamentals
 โ€ข Goroutines and concurrency model
 โ€ข Channels and communication
 โ€ข Select statement
 โ€ข Synchronization primitives basics

Building Web Services in Go
 โ€ข net/http package basics
 โ€ข Creating RESTful endpoints
 โ€ข Request and response handling
 โ€ข Middleware concepts

Working with Databases
 โ€ข Connecting to SQL databases
 โ€ข Executing queries
 โ€ข Scanning results
 โ€ข Basic ORM concepts overview

Testing & Debugging Go Applications
 โ€ข Writing unit tests
 โ€ข Using Go test tools
 โ€ข Debugging techniques
 โ€ข Benchmarking basics

Advanced Concurrency Patterns
 โ€ข Worker pools
 โ€ข Fan-in and fan-out patterns
 โ€ข Context package usage
 โ€ข Graceful shutdown patterns

Performance Optimization & Profiling
 โ€ข Profiling Go applications
 โ€ข Memory management basics
 โ€ข Reducing latency
 โ€ข Performance tuning best practices

Microservices & Cloud-Native Go
 โ€ข Designing microservices in Go
 โ€ข Service communication basics
 โ€ข Containerizing Go applications
 โ€ข Deploying Go services to cloud

Security & Best Practices
 โ€ข Handling sensitive data
 โ€ข Securing HTTP services
 โ€ข Input validation
 โ€ข Common Go security practices

Enterprise Go Project Workshop
 โ€ข Building a complete Go-based service
 โ€ข Implementing concurrency and APIs
 โ€ข Applying best practices
 โ€ข Final project review and optimization

Assessment Topics

โ€ข Go Setup & Programming Fundamentals
โ€ข Syntax, Variables & Control Flow Management
โ€ข Functions, Packages & Modular Programming
โ€ข Concurrency, Data Structures & Application Development
โ€ข Testing, Debugging & Performance Optimization
โ€ข End-to-End Go Application Development Project

Evaluation

Participants will be evaluated through hands-on Go development labs, practical backend service exercises, instructor-led code reviews, and a final project-based assessment focused on building and optimizing Go applications.

Course Materials

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Certification

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will receive an AcadNXT Certificate of Completion for Go Programming. This digital, verifiable certification validates practical Go development, concurrency, and backend service skills and can be shared on LinkedIn and included in professional profiles to enhance career opportunities.

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