Golang for Beginners: Data Types, Functions, and Packages
About this course
In this 1.5-hour long guided project, you will get up to speed with the basics of the Go programming language. We will do this buy creating a command line interface airfare calculator step by step. Go (also known as Golang) is a programming language that is created, supported, and used by Google and many major organizations for scalable applications. We will cover basic and custom data types, conditionals, flow control, loops, functions, scopes and packages. At the end at the project, you will be able to create useful applications using Go. This course is aimed at learners who have basic programming experience with other modern programming languages. However, no experience with Go is required as we will be leveraging your knowledge from other languages to start from scratch.
63/100
CourseAsk score
- What the provider tells you
- 39/45
- Who stands behind it
- 8/35
- How complete the listing is
- 16/20
Scores how much the provider publishes and who stands behind it — not how well it is taught.
What you'll learn
- understand basic and custom data types
- utilize conditionals and flow control
- implement loops and functions
- organize code using scopes and packages
Course objectives
- introduce the fundamentals of the Go programming language
- build a practical application using Go
- leverage previous programming experience in learning Go
Price shown by Coursera — confirm on their site.
Enroll on CourseraYou'll be redirected to Coursera to complete enrollment.
- Listed & compared by CourseAsk
- English · 0
edX
Udemy
Coursera
Compared on these lists
Where this course ranks against the alternatives.