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Go

14 Courses
9 Labs
35 Hours
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Go, also known as Golang, is an open-source programming language developed by Google. It is designed for efficient and reliable software development, with a focus on simplicity. Go is statically typed and has built-in concurrency features, which allows for efficient memory management and improved performance, making it particularly well-suited for building server-side applications, network services, and distributed systems.

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Content in this path

Entry-Level

This section covers entry-level content.

Course

Go: The Big Picture

  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 1h 2m
  • Aug 26, 2022
Course

Go Fundamentals

  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 2h 47m
  • Oct 09, 2024
Course

Debugging in Go

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 1h 12m
  • Nov 21, 2022
Lab

Guided: Concurrent Programming in Go

  • by Amar
  • 1h 21m
  • Jul 13, 2025
Lab

Guided: Getting Started with Go Unit Testing

  • 1h 31m
  • Aug 22, 2025
Lab

Guided: Debugging Go with the Delve CLI

  • by Esteban Herrera
  • 31m
  • Aug 18, 2025

Practitioner

This section covers practitioner content.

Course

Managing Go Projects

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 1h 35m
  • Feb 09, 2023
Course

Concurrent Programming in Go

  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 2h 42m
  • Feb 23, 2023
Course

Accessing Relational Databases in Go

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 1h 4m
  • Jul 21, 2022
Course

Accessing Non-relational Databases in Go

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 47m
  • Oct 05, 2022
Course

Testing in Go

  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 2h 51m
  • May 04, 2023
Course

Go CLI Playbook

  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 1h 34m
  • Oct 06, 2023
Course

Building Go Web Services and Applications

  • by Josh Duffney
  • 3h 12m
  • Apr 19, 2023
Course

Secure Coding in Go

  • by Paul Mooney
  • 4h 13m
  • Nov 09, 2023
Course

Managing Errors in Go

  • by Corneile Britz
  • 46m
  • Jan 30, 2023
Course

Profiling Go Applications

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 1h 30m
  • Apr 25, 2023
Course

Go for Object-oriented Developers

  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 2h 7m
  • Jan 14, 2025
Lab

Guided: Build a CLI Game with Go

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 38m
  • Jul 10, 2025
Lab

Guided: Build a CLI Password Generator with Go

  • by Pinal Dave
  • 26m
  • Aug 08, 2025
Lab

Guided: Build a Simple REST API in Go

  • by Soham Kamani
  • 1h 3m
  • Aug 12, 2025
Lab

Guided: Build a System Monitor in Go

  • by Amar
  • 58m
  • Aug 12, 2025
Lab

Guided: Discovering Edge Case with Go Fuzzing

  • by Amar
  • 41m
  • Jul 30, 2025
Lab

Guided: Leveraging Go Modules for Project Management

  • by Amar
  • 23m
  • Aug 07, 2025
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What You'll Learn
  • Go fundamentals
  • Debugging Go Programs
  • Concurrent Programming
  • Accessing Databases
  • Building Web Services
  • Managing Errors
  • Testing, Optimizing Performance and Code Generation
Prerequisites
  • Basic understanding of programming concepts as well as familiarity with the Command Line are required.
Related topics
  • Rust
  • C++
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Mike VanSickle
Mike VanSickle
Michael VanSickle 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 is not w...
Pinal Dave
Pinal Dave
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Master of Science degree and numerous database certifications. Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books, 91 Pluralsight courses and 11 Code Labs. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
Amar
Amar
Amar is a seasoned software development architect with extensive experience in the financial industry, specializing in designing scalable applications. His strong interest in cloud technology drives him to continually learn, and he holds certifications from top cloud providers. A proponent of Agile development, Amar is also passionate about gadgets, motorcycles, and spending quality time with his children.
Esteban Herrera
Esteban Herrera
Esteban Herrera has more than fifteen years of experience in the software development industry. He has worked in many roles and projects, but mostly architecting and developing enterprise systems with Java and Javascript. Nowadays, he spends all of his time learning new things, writing articles, teaching programming, and enjoying his kids.
Josh Duffney
Josh Duffney
Josh Duffney is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where he works on the cloud-native team. He is a former Microsoft MVP and ex-SRE at Stack Overflow. Josh has a strong focus on Golang, building DevOps tools, and securing software. As a Pluralsight author, Josh shares his expertise in these areas, helping others develop their skills and achieve their goals.
Paul Mooney
Paul Mooney
Paul is an accomplished cybersecurity expert known for building military-grade security systems and developing robust protection against malicious bots. As Chief Software Architect for a major US healthcare group, Paul excels in implementing secure solutions for critical environments. With his knowledge and hands-on experience, you will gain practical insights to construct cutting-edge security systems and defend against evolving cyber threats. By watching Paul's courses, you will acquire the sk...
Corneile Britz
Corneile Britz
I am passionate about driving efficiency through code, automation and transparency, with 20+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, Observability and Reliability Engineering. This led me to become the world's first certified ICAgile DevOps expert, with a drive to provide content and learning to other developers. My day-to-day technical focus is Go, Grafana, Prometheus and VueJS, which are used to build my organisations' own platforms.
Soham Kamani
Soham Kamani
Soham is a full stack developer with experience in building large scale web applications and services for clients across the globe. He is a book author, and writes on his blog regularly on various topics related to web development. Soham has extensive experience with React, D3, Node.js and Go stacks.

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