Introduction to Go

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Start your Go programming journey, discover the simplicity and speed of this modern language as you learn fundamental concepts, syntax, and how to build basic applications.

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What you'll learn

As you progress through this course, you're establishing a strong foundation for future learning, whether that involves delving deeper into Go or branching out into other programming areas. Upon completing this course, you will:

Grasp fundamental computer science concepts and apply them through Go-specific coding challenges.
Familiarize yourself with Go's data types and input/output operations.
Create simple programs that read from and write to text files using Go.
Understand control flows and learn about Go’s unique error-handling techniques.
Delve into packages, modules, and the essential Go standard library.
Build basic applications following simple Go idioms.

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Learn by doing

# 1

Apply knowledge into practice

You already know the theory. Now it's time to code like you do at work—in a professional IDE, with real project constraints, solving problems that actually matter. Welcome to software engineering as it should be.

# 2

Navigate complexity with surgical precision

Most developers waste months learning random concepts without seeing how they connect. Our interactive Knowledge Map fixes this. It shows exactly how every programming concept relates to others, helping you build a structured mental model of coding.

# 3

Copy the best. Then improve.

Here's what top engineers do that others don't: they study other people's code obsessively. When you get stuck on Hyperskill, you can explore solutions published by other developers. See their exact code. Understand their approach. Learn their tricks.

# 4

Code review that actually makes you better

We stripped code review down to what actually matters: does your solution work? Have you handled the edge cases? Is there a cleaner way to write this? Hyperskill acts like a competent reviewer who actually tests your code. Not genius-level analysis, not architecture debates — just solid feedback on making your code better.

Elevate your engineering mastery through real-world challenges

Master advanced engineering concepts through ambitious projects. Each project deepens your expertise and transforms you from an experienced engineer into an exceptional one.

My First Project with Go

Imagine that you're the owner of a new small corner shop. You are doing well and want to determine how much you earned in the first month. Create a simple tool that will calculate your net income. Upon completing this project, you can use this tool for your own accounting needs.

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Game of Life (Go)

Get firsthand experience of creating a small inhabited universe and observe the many patterns in which this “life” can evolve. Generation by generation, watch the cells come and go, reacting to their environment, perishing from loneliness or finding comfort in company. In this project, you will write a simple “Game of Life”, a classic toy for programmers to entertain and educate themselves. Careful: might be hypnotizing!

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Obscene Vocabulary Checker

Today, many popular platforms on the Internet use artificial intelligence to filter out offensive comments and posts. Building such a filter requires a lot of skill and knowledge. There is another way to hide obscene words in the comments. Of course, it is not as effective as artificial intelligence, but it will do the job. The Obscene Vocabulary Checker is a simple console program that finds certain words and replaces them with ******.

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Topics covered by this course

Types and data structures

13 topics

Fundamentals

8 topics

Packages and modules

7 topics

Basics

5 topics

Working with data

5 topics

Functions

5 topics

Object-Oriented Programming

4 topics

Control flow

3 topics

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JetBrains Academy

JetBrains Academy is a part of JetBrains, a global software company specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools for software developers and teams. With years of expertise in software development and education, JetBrains Academy empowers more than a million people worldwide to learn and teach computer science, and help organizations inspire their teams to reach their goals in tech. Professional development tools play a big role in computer science education. This is why JetBrains Academy courses offer integration with JetBrains IDEs. This integration assists learners in getting experience with real development processes to streamline their learning curve at future work.

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Alexandr Primak

3 months ago

This is a great course that covers a lot of different topics on Go and computer science in general.

EVGENII MORGUNOV

9 months ago

I have learned how to use Go to build basic applications and understand its fundamental concepts. This course helped me grasp Go's data types, input/output operations, control flows, and error-handling techniques. I also learned how to work with packages, modules, and the Go standard library. One of ...