This specialization introduces the Go programming language from Google and provides learners with an overview of Go's special features. Upon completing the three-course sequence, learners will have gained the knowledge and skills needed to create concise, efficient, and clean applications using Go.

Programming with Google Go Specialization


Programming with Google Go Specialization
Advance Your Computer Programming Career. Develop efficient applications with Google's innovative programming language, Go!

Instructor: Ian Harris
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Skills you'll gain
- Go (Programming Language)
- Development Environment
- Software Design
- Computational Thinking
- C (Programming Language)
- Program Development
- Algorithms
- Programming Principles
- Data Access
- JSON
- OS Process Management
- Debugging
- Computer Architecture
- Data Structures
- Operating Systems
- Computer Programming
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- System Programming
- File Management
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Specialization - 3 course series

Getting Started with Go
Course 113 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Go (Programming Language)
Category: Data Structures
Category: Data Access
Category: Program Development
Category: Development Environment
Category: C (Programming Language)
Category: File Management
Category: JSON
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming

Functions, Methods, and Interfaces in Go
Course 211 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Go (Programming Language)
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Debugging
Category: Software Design
Category: Data Structures

Concurrency in Go
Course 312 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Go (Programming Language)
Category: OS Process Management
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Computer Architecture
Category: System Programming
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Algorithms
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