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Learn Go with Liam Ep.1 - The Fundamentals

19 October, 2022 | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

Series Description:
With Go being one of the most popular languages for cloud native development and becoming one of the most sought after languages in the industry, Liam will take you on a journey so you can take your first steps with the language. In this series, he will start with the very basics of creating your first “Hello world” program and work through to the more complex features using pointers, channels and go routines creating fun and reusable snippets of code along the way. This series is aimed at Coding beginners, professionals and anyone who wants to learn some Go!

What is the session about?
In this session Liam will kick off the series with the fundamentals of Go, starting with the history and key features of the language. He will explain and show you how Go has become a mainstream language used in Cloud Native development across the industry.

Liam also recognises that one of the most challenging parts of starting with a new language is setting up the local development environment, therefore in this session Liam will show you how to get started by setting up your local development environment and how to create your first “Hello World” program.

Who is it aimed at?
Coding beginners, professionals and anyone who wants to learn some Go!

Why should you attend?
So you can get to know how and why Go is such a powerful language in a world where cloud power is everything.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of coding required

Speakers

  • Liam Hampton

    • Cloud Advocate

    Microsoft

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