Gopher Academy Courses

Rethinking Classical Concurrency Patterns

Explore Go's lightweight goroutines and concurrency primitives, challenging traditional patterns and demonstrating alternative approaches for efficient concurrent programming.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Adventures in Cgo Performance

Explore Cgo performance optimization techniques, interoperability challenges, and scaling solutions for high-performance Go applications, drawing from real-world experiences with Wallaroo.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Importance of Beginners

Explore the impact of new Go programmers on the language's evolution, community growth, and innovation, emphasizing the value of fresh perspectives in shaping Go's future.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Go in Debian

Explore Go's integration in Debian, packaging processes, and large-scale deployment challenges. Learn best practices for upstream developers to facilitate Debian contributions.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Becoming a Go Contributor

Discover how to become a Go contributor through small, consistent efforts. Learn practical steps to engage with the Go community and make meaningful contributions to the language.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Designing Software Within Constraints - Building to a Specification

Explore software design within constraints, balancing language-agnostic specs with Go's principles. Learn from MongoDB's Go driver example, covering design, performance, and usage patterns.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Machine Learning on Go Code

Explore machine learning applications for Go code, including embeddings, code completion, and bug prediction. Discover how ML can enhance developer productivity and code quality.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

An Over Engineering Disaster with Macaroons

Explore the pitfalls of adopting macaroons for authorization in distributed systems, learning from a team's real-world experience and insights on when to use this technology.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How to Write a Parser in Go

Learn to build a parser in Go using goyacc, exploring real-world applications and elegant constructs. Gain insights into Vitess's sqlparser module and practical parser implementation techniques.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Go for Information Displays

Explore Go's potential for creating compelling information displays and visualizations using SVGo, OpenVG, and dec. Learn to transform data into engaging visual content across various domains.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Going Serverless

Explore serverless architecture with Go: benefits, challenges, and best practices for event-driven programming in constrained execution environments. Learn to leverage Go's strengths in this emerging paradigm.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Computer Vision Using Go and OpenCV 3

Explore computer vision applications using GoCV, combining Go and OpenCV. Learn to build advanced IoT solutions with face tracking, motion detection, and drone control using Tensorflow.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Asynchronous Networking Patterns

Explore asynchronous networking patterns in Go, covering goroutines, resource management, and net.Conn implementations. Gain insights applicable to net/http, crypto/tls, and protocol development.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Writing Accessible Go

Explore techniques for making Go development more inclusive, focusing on code accessibility practices that benefit developers with disabilities and improve overall project navigation.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Painting with Light

Explore 3D rendering through path tracing, simulating billions of photons with Go. Learn concurrency schemes, graphics pitfalls, and gain insights into how light creates visual richness in our world.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk