A six-step insight into being a Go developer!

The programming language, Golang, comes with exceptional features designed to increase efficiency yet with simplicity. What Golang offers is an amalgamation of many other programming languages under one-- and this has created a revolution in the tech world.

The rapidly increasing usage of the language makes it a great career prospect for young techies. And here is where the confusion of how and where to start arises.

Don't worry, we have sorted that out for you.

Here is a six-step guide on how to ace Golang and become an enthusiast coder.

Step 1: Know the basics-

To begin with, you need to be thorough with the syntax and the language. You can either self-learn it or take an online certified course from Udemy, Codecademy and many such platforms.

For a fresher in the coding world, learning Go will be the best choice as it is uncomplicated and can be grasped easily. You can start learning the filenames, keywords and identifiers and go ahead gradually. As Go is built on a different framework than the existing ones, so it is also recommended for an experienced coder to learn the basics of the language.

Step 2: Get a hang of Go libraries and other tools

The next important features to be learned are frameworks, libraries, and databases. In regards to frameworks, Echo is the most essential to know for Go, and the other web frameworks to start with shall be Beego, Gin, Revel, and Chi.

Each Go library has its own special feature and it is advised to choose the perfect fit accordingly. The most popular ones are Go Kit, GORM, Gen, and CLI.

It is equally necessary to have some knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL pr MySQL.

Step 3: Learn testing

As a Go developer, you will be required to build products for the real world and so software testing holds utmost importance. It is through software testing that a developer checks if the product fulfills the needs and works undisturbed. Testing would include unit testing, which is arguably the most important, E2E testing, integration, and behavior testing.

Testing is also the skill most companies would be looking for in a potential candidate.

Step 4: Understand Go Patterns:

A pattern is a repeatable, general solution to a common issue in software design. The design patterns help segregate business logic and define structure to support tasks. A developer would be already acquainted with these patterns and can just practice them in the context of Go.

The best way to learn the patterns as a beginner is to learn coding with them-- borrow sample implementations and build around them.

Step 5: Build your most awaited portfolio:

Now is the time to showcase your hard work and determination. By now you should start building functioning products. This will be a bonus point on your portfolio and also an excellent way to master your skills. The skills you can inculcate on the portfolio would be numerous by now, such as:

·??Completion of an online certified course on Go

·??Operating to open source Go projects

·??Master building Go projects from scratch

·??Executing Go units in existing projects

·??Coding classic algorithm problems with Go

?Step 6: The D-day

Kudos, you have excelled in Go and can now go ahead with practicing for recruitment!

Practicing interview questions will not only help you polish your skills but also discover a couple of new ones and identify loopholes.

It is important to keep in mind that interviews are not the end of the tunnel as questions can be abstract, but they will give you a closer look into the picture and make your code extensively under pressure.

Some recurrent interview questions that you can expect are:

·??What is a Goroutine and can you stop it?

·??What is Go 2?

·??How to check the variable type at runtime?

·??How to concentrate strings in Go?

By now, you would have added a number of skills to your portfolio and are ready to kick start your career as a Go enthusiast.