Ask HN: How do you start learning Go?

#1

Post by jethrokuan » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 2:09 PM UTC

Hi everyone,

I come from a ruby background, and am recently getting a little tired of rails/sinatra being not as quick as I would like them to be.

I'd like to start learning Go, but I'm not quite sure where to start.

Are there any books or videos I could get my hands on to get me up to speed?

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: How do you start learning Go?

#2

Post by polyfemos » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 6:24 PM UTC

I just finished tour.golang.org - I recommend it!

Re: Ask HN: How do you start learning Go?

#3

Post by samiur1204 » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

polyfemos wrote: post #2

I just finished tour.golang.org - I recommend it!

I second that, it's definitely a great resource.

Also, check out:

1. http://talks.golang.org/2012/concurrency.slide#1 for concurrency ideas with Go 2. http://cplus.about.com/od/google-go/a/Learn-To-Program-Go-Tu...: A great intro

Re: Ask HN: How do you start learning Go?

#4

Post by jethrokuan » Sat, Mar 23, 2013, 12:52 PM UTC

samiur1204 wrote: post #3

polyfemos wrote: post #2

I just finished tour.golang.org - I recommend it!

I second that, it's definitely a great resource. Also, check out: 1. http://talks.golang.org/2012/concurrency.slide#1 for concurrency ideas with Go 2. http://cplus.about.com/od/google-go/a/Learn-To-Program-Go-Tu... : A great intro

Thanks everyone!

I've tried doing it(amidst my school exams) but I think it doesn't quite drill into me best practices.

I don't want to explore go and hack up something; I want to learn it once and learn it right. Any recommendation for this? (: