System Tooling with Go

By Keith Thompson

Get going with Go!

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6 hours

28 Lessons
3 Hands-On Labs

About the course

This course is designed to teach you enough Go to be able to write your own tools. Beyond the language, you’ll learn how to leverage Go’s robust standard library, third-party packages, and we’ll cover how to handle some of the most common tasks when writing tools/scripts.

By the time you’ve finished this course, you will be able to:

Read, write, and understand Go code
Utilize Go as a primary language for tooling
Develop Go projects from start to finish
Build cross-platform Go binaries

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Chapter 1 4 Lessons Getting Started 7:53

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses
1:19

Course Introduction
0:56

About the Course Author
0:44

Course Features and Tools
4:54
Chapter 2 1 Lesson Introduction to Go 2:42

The History and Benefits of Go
2:42
Chapter 3 2 Lessons Environment Setup 1:13:37

Installing Go on Unix Systems
13:37

Installing and Setting Up Go on Linux
1:00:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 4 2 Lessons Running Go 11:20

Creating and Running Simple Go Programs
7:22

Using Comments
3:58
Chapter 5 6 Lessons Common Data Types 53:11

Strings and Characters
9:49

Numbers
9:17

Booleans and `nil`
5:24

Working with Variables
8:48

Arrays and Slices
13:03

Maps
6:50
Chapter 6 2 Lessons Control Flow 22:50

Conditionals
10:45

The `for` Loop
12:05
Chapter 7 4 Lessons Basic Interactions 36:26

Reading the Documentation
3:06

Function Basics
8:46

Reading User Input
11:09

Interacting with Files
13:25
Chapter 8 2 Lessons Building a CLI 2:18:52

Creating a CLI
18:52

Building a Go Command Line Tool
2:00:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 9 2 Lessons Working with Third-Party Packages 22:29

Downloading and Installing Packages
4:25

Revamping a CLI Using the Cobra Package
18:04
Chapter 10 2 Lessons Distributing Go 33:30

Compiling a Cross-Platform Go Application
3:30

Building a Cross-Platform Go Binary
30:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 11 1 Lesson Final Steps 1:12

What's Next?
1:12

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

System Tooling with Go

About the course

Lab Highlights

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

Course Introduction

About the Course Author

Course Features and Tools

The History and Benefits of Go

Installing Go on Unix Systems

Installing and Setting Up Go on Linux

Creating and Running Simple Go Programs

Using Comments

Strings and Characters

Numbers

Booleans and `nil`

Working with Variables

Arrays and Slices

Maps

Conditionals

The `for` Loop

Reading the Documentation

Function Basics

Reading User Input

Interacting with Files

Creating a CLI

Building a Go Command Line Tool

Downloading and Installing Packages

Revamping a CLI Using the Cobra Package

Compiling a Cross-Platform Go Application

Building a Cross-Platform Go Binary

What's Next?

What are Hands-on Labs

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