Google Go (Golang) — Advanced Training Course

Advanced Go Concepts

• An in-depth exploration of Go’s type system
• Managing pointers, memory, and garbage collection
• Utilising advanced interfaces and embedding techniques

Concurrency and Parallelism

• Managing complex goroutine patterns
• Implementing buffered and unbuffered channels
• Applying select statements and worker pool architectures

Error Handling and Logging

• Defining custom error types and wrapping errors
• Implementing structured logging and monitoring systems
• Adhering to best practices for error propagation

Testing and Benchmarking

• Conducting unit and integration testing within Go
• Leveraging Go’s built-in testing utilities
• Performing application benchmarking and profiling

Modular Programming and Packages

• Managing dependencies effectively using Go modules
• Handling versioning and publishing modules
• Developing reusable Go libraries

Building APIs and Microservices

• Constructing RESTful APIs with Go
• Integrating Go with Docker and container technologies
• Orchestrating and deploying services

Performance Optimization

• Optimising memory usage and profiling
• Employing concurrency optimisation strategies
• Monitoring performance metrics using pprof

Summary and Next Steps