Go Defer Statement: What It Is And When To Use

The Go defer statement allows you to schedule a function to be called immediately before the surrounding function returns. If you are familiar with Python, you probably know about Python’s with statement. The goal of this construct is never to forget freeing or closing resources. The Go defer statement was added to Go for precisely … Read more

Go For Loop: One Loop To Rule Them All

Loops are an important concept in programming, and Go has several options for looping through code. Unlike other programming languages, Go only has one keyword to create a loop: for. That doesn’t mean Go has just one type of loop, though. In this article, we’ll explore four ways of looping in Go: for loops, while … Read more

Go Variables, Types, And Pointers

You learned how to write a ‘Hello World’ program in the introduction of this Go Tutorial. After that, you learned how to install Go and create and build your Go program. So far, we have only glanced at the language and its syntax! In this next tutorial, we’ll look at some of the essential Go … Read more

How To Build And Run A Go Program

You got a taste of Go in the Go tutorial introduction and decided to continue learning; great! let’s dive in a little deeper. This tutorial helps you install Go and a decent IDE to work in. Then we’ll look at the go command and build and run Go program. We’ll also learn about packages and … Read more

Go Tutorial For Beginners

Go Tutorial

Welcome to the Go Tutorial for beginners at Go-Tutorial.com! This tutorial teaches you to program in the popular Go programming language, sometimes abbreviated as Golang. It’s written for beginners, but those with previous programming experience will feel right at home as well. Can I use this Go tutorial as a complete beginner? Yes, you can! … Read more