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GO Programming for Everyone: Part 1

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Instructor: Ira Pohl

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

10 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Write a simple program.
Compile, debug, and run a program.
Apply concepts related to arrays, slices, pointers, functions and data types.
Apply concepts connected to flow of control, especially iteration and recursion.

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There are 6 modules in this course

This course introduces you to the GO programming language. It is appropriate for a beginner, but especially for anyone who already knows C.

GO is an open-source programming language developed and supported by Google. It is easy to learn and use. In the new world we live in, coding is a universally valuable skill, whether you're a scientist, artist, or a humanist. Algorithms are everywhere, and we all have to understand how they work. No prior knowledge of coding is needed for this course, but it helps if you have a background in C. The estimated time commitment for this course is five hours a week for five weeks. This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in engineering or science, along with high school students and professionals with an interest in programming.

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This week we will learn about the history of GO programming and write some simple code.

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6 videos2 readings1 assignment1 peer review

6 videosTotal 91 minutes

💻 Introduction & History of GO9 minutes
💻 Hello16 minutes
💻 Circle21 minutes
💻 Marathon8 minutes
💻 Temperature18 minutes
💻 Formats19 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

🧭 How to Navigate this Course10 minutes
GO Resources10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

💥 Week 1 Quiz30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

⚖️ Week 1: Draw60 minutes

This week we will learn about Syntax & Tokens, Identifiers, Declarations, and Literals.

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6 videos1 assignment1 peer review

This week we will learn about Looping, For Statements, and Switch Statements.

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5 videos1 assignment1 peer review

This week we will learn about Functions & Slices, Arrays & Slices, Simple Recursion, and Maps & Strings.

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5 videos1 assignment1 peer review

This week we will learn about String Type, Palindromes, Iota & Enumeration, Reading Files, Writing Files, Bubble Sort, and MergeSort

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8 videos1 assignment1 peer review

8 videosTotal 107 minutes

💻 String Type11 minutes
💻 Palindrome18 minutes
💻 Iota & Enumeration14 minutes
💻 Subslicing12 minutes
💻 Reading Files14 minutes
💻 Writing Files11 minutes
💻 Bubble Sort19 minutes
💻 MergeSort10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

💥 Week 5 Quiz15 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

⚖️ Week 5: Write and Test MergeSort60 minutes

This is an untimed final exam. You will put into practice what you have learned over the past five weeks.

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University of California, Santa Cruz

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GO Programming for Everyone: Part 1

GO Programming for Everyone: Part 1

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