Learning Go (In Public!)
What is this repository? What are you doing?
I'm challenging myself to learn some Go in 30 days. I will be posting every day in this repository explaining what I did that day in order to begin my Go journey and advance my knowledge in the language!
Go is a language I've been interested in for a few years but haven't had the opportunity to work with yet. I'm not sure how helpful this will be long-term, but I'm always excited to gain a new skill!
Why are you doing this?
I love learning new programming languages and learning in general! I have other languages that I'd like to dive into more, so if this format works for me, I'll spin off new repositories with different languages that interest me!
I chose Go as the first language in this potential future series because I've been hearing such great things about it online and at work. I wanted to see what all the fuss is about! 😄
How long are you doing this?
I'll be doing this for 30 days! I chose 30 days so that I can test out GoLand under the 30-day free trial. I'm also basing this repository off this format from @TomLisankie. I found this idea from my friend and former coworker @alaq who did this for clojure.
How can I track your progress?
I'll post progress on this README right here! Follow the topic links to see
a breakdown of what I've done and learned that day. I'll be posting links to
the code I write in there as well, but you can access all of that in the code
directory.
What if you miss a day?
I want to hold myself accountable, so if I miss a day I'll send over $5 to up to five people for each missed day. If only one person claims this, I'll send over a remaining $20 to that person!
How can I claim my $5?
In order to claim the $5, please contact me via my website contact form. I'll be sending over the money via Venmo.
Here are the terms:
- I'll be using Eastern Standard Time
- Each post must land to my GitHub repository within a 24-hour period
- The 24-hour period ends at 11.59pm ET the following day
- All claims expire 48-hours after the deadline
What are you using to learn?
I'm using Go's documentation! My goal is to complete the guided learning journeys on their website as well as some of their tutorials. I'll give in-depth breakdowns of what I've done that day to make forward progress.
Progress
Let's GO!
| Day | Date | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 June 23 | Getting Started |
| 2 | 18 June 23 | Continued Tour of Go |
| 3 | 19 June 23 | Completed Tour of Go |
| 4 | 20 June 23 | Created a Go Module |
| 5 | 21 June 23 | Wrote a RESTful API using Gin |
| 6 | 22 June 23 | Split Up Yesterday's RESTful API |
| 7 | 23 June 23 | Read How to Write Go Code & Started Go Web Examples |
| 8 | 24 June 23 | Set up a Postgres Database |
| 9 | 25 June 23 | Middleware |
| 10 | 26 June 23 | Sessions |
| 11 | 27 June 23 | JSON |
| 12 | 28 June 23 | Completed Go Web Examples |
| 13 | 29 June 23 | Read Middleware Post |
| 14 | 30 June 23 | Began Reading Effective Go |
| 15 | 1 July 23 | Continued Reading Effective Go |
| 16 | 2 July 23 | More Effective Go |