Go training course

Interfaces and Object-Oriented Features

• Interfaces and polymorphism
• Implicit interface implementation
• The empty interface (interface{}) and type assertions
• Working with interfaces (decoupling and testing)
• Reader/Writer interfaces from the standard library

Generics in Go (Go 1.18+)

• Introduction to generics: why and when to use
• Defining generic functions
• Defining generic types
• Constraints (comparable, custom constraints)
• Examples: collections, utility functions

Concurrency and Parallelism

• Concurrency vs parallelism
• Goroutines: lightweight threads
• Channels: communication and synchronization
• Buffered vs unbuffered channels
• Select statement and timeouts
• Worker pools and pipeline patterns
• Context package for cancellation and deadlines

Building Microservices with Go

• Introduction to microservices architecture
• REST APIs with https
• Routing with gorilla/mux
• JSON handling and data marshalling
• Dependency injection and configuration management
• Logging and monitoring