▲ 2 ▼ Most demanded Go resources and topics to learn Go

reddit.com posted by norbertfuhs 2651 days ago

What are your problems learning Go as a beginner?

I would like to know what are the most needed tutorials and books for Go beginners in 2017.

I also would like to know what holds you back from learning Go right now and for what you would like to use Go in the future if you could...

Which topic which isn't handled by the usually Go resources is needed for beginners any suggestion would help me..

▲ kenny 2651 days ago ▼
As far as resources and starting points, these would be my recommendations:
- This book is the definitive guide: http://www.gopl.io/
- The docs, along with effective go are also a good starting point for those who have experience in other languages.
- Go by example is another good resource, though some examples could be improved
- There are virtually no resources for those learning go as a first language.
The question sounds like it is fishing for answers in order to write a beginners' guide though, rather than a beginner asking, in which case I'd look at stack overflow and reddit for the most commonly asked questions and work from there.
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▲ norbertfuhs 2651 days ago ▼

Okay you got me.. "The question sounds like it is fishing for answers in order to write a beginners' guide" I want a beginners guide a beginners guide intended for hobbyist....

I think Go needs a guide that is focusing on complete programmming beginners and people who are programming enthusiast, hobbyist..
You can also feel free to rant a little bit about this on reddit if you like ;)

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▲ kenny 2651 days ago ▼

I agree Go could be suitable for complete beginners, and I don't think there are many resources out there, so I think you've hit on an area that could do with a book/guide. I think gopl has a great approach here, though the level is wrong (it's pitched at existing programmers), the way it levels up by layering experience and knowledge chapter after chapter is very well done, I'd study that as a reference, also I really liked that book why the lucky stiff did for beginners with ruby - a very different style but it was a nice introduction to programming and ruby at the same time.

Re which areas to focus on, I'd pick an area that enthuses you and run with that. Topics that trip beginners up in Go are usually just the simple stuff like gopath/setup, getting keys from a map or maps being in random order, but for a beginners book I think it's important it lets you see something being built - a website is the most obvious choice in go as it is well suited to it. You could also look at using something like gobot or mobile dev but those things would be harder to start beginners off on while learning to program too.

Do post whatever you come up with here when you're working on it as I'd be interested to see it.

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