Learn Go with uByte

Install Go, set up VS Code, and write your first Hello World program.

Learn how to declare variables, understand Go's type system, and work with strings, numbers, booleans, and constants.

Master Go's fmt package — printing, formatting, format verbs, and reading input.

Master if/else statements and switch in Go to make decisions in your code.

Master Go's for loop — the only loop keyword you need for counting, iterating, and repeating.

Understand fixed-size arrays and dynamic slices — Go's primary tools for ordered collections.

Learn to use Go's maps for key-value storage, lookups, and data organization.

Define functions, use parameters and return values, and master closures and defer.

Understand pointers in Go — memory addresses, dereferencing, and when to use them.

Create custom types in Go by grouping related data together with structs.

Attach functions to types in Go using methods, value receivers, and pointer receivers.

Define behavior in Go with interfaces — implicit implementation, type assertions, and real-world patterns.

Handle errors the Go way — the error type, if err != nil, custom errors, wrapping, and panic/recover.

Organize your Go code into packages, manage dependencies with modules, and use the standard library.

Harness Go's goroutines and channels for concurrent programming.

Learn how to write tests, table-driven tests, and benchmarks to ensure your Go code is correct and fast.

Work with HTTP handler functions, URL parsing, status codes, and query parameters using Go's net/http and net/url packages.

Encode and decode JSON using Go's encoding/json package — struct tags, marshaling, unmarshaling, and pretty printing.

Master Go's select statement — non-blocking operations, timeouts, done channels, and fan-in patterns for concurrent code.