Gopher Academy Courses

Build and Test Caching in Go

Optimize Go program performance by mastering build and test caching techniques, including creating custom caches for faster compilation, testing, and deployment.

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

Pardon the Interruption - Loop Preemption in Go 1.14

Explore Go 1.14's innovative asynchronous preemption, eliminating performance issues in tight loops and enabling efficient goroutine scheduling without overhead.

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

A Journey to Postgres Productivity with Go

Explore effective Postgres tooling for Go developers, from drivers to ORMs, to enhance productivity and streamline database operations.

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

A Rainbow of Gophers - Building A More Diverse Community

Explore strategies for fostering diversity in the Go community and its impact on software development, emphasizing individual actions to create a more inclusive environment.

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

Untangling the Monorepo - Moving to Go Modules

Exploring the challenges and solutions in transitioning a large-scale monorepo to Go modules, including custom tooling, dependency management, and best practices for modern Go development.

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

Go is Boring - And That's Fantastic

Explore how Go's simplicity and stability are its strengths, enabling developers to build maintainable, adaptable software that meets user needs effectively.

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

Crossing the Chasm - Go for the Next Million Users

Explore Go's growth, challenges, and strategies for reaching the next million users. Insights on language adoption, ecosystem development, and the future of programming.

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

Working with Errors

Explore error handling in Go 1.13, including wrapped errors, new functions, and formatting. Learn when to wrap errors and how to implement custom error packages with additional features.

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

Pre-Conference Meetup

Join the GopherCon 2020 Pre-Conference Meetup for networking, discussions, and insights into the Go programming community before the main event kicks off.

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

Handling Go Errors

Explore programmable errors in Go, designing an architecture for mastering system failures with legible error handling and advanced error management techniques.

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

Go Linters - Myths and Best Practices

Demystifying Go linters: Learn their power, benefits, and implementation. Discover tips, tricks, and best practices for integrating linters into your Go projects effectively.

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

Get Going with WebAssembly

Explore WebAssembly with Go: learn fundamentals, setup, demos, JS interface, testing, compression, TinyGo, and future possibilities in this comprehensive introduction.

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

Small is Going Big - Go on Microcontrollers

Explore TinyGo: Run Go on microcontrollers like Arduino. Learn about this miniature Go version using LLVM compiler, enabling native code on small devices. Includes live coding demos of flying objects!

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

Go Module Proxy - Life of a Query

Explore the technical intricacies of Go's module mirror and checksum database, enhancing ecosystem reliability and security through authenticated module proxies.

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

Tracking Inter-process Dependencies

Explore static analysis in Go to detect inter-process dependencies in service-oriented architectures, covering libraries, obstacles, and solutions for effective system tracking.

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