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Go Programming (Golang)

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Go Programming (Golang)
  • Fee: 2500
  • Timing: 2.5 Hours Per Day
  • Duration: 2 Months

COURSE DETAILS

The Go Programming (Golang) course offered at NIMACT is having the latest curriculum related to modern backend development, cloud native programming and concurrent system design, with the view to preparing developers for catering to the IT, Cloud, DevOps and Software Industry in India. The curriculum and the study materials are revised and updated every six months for the inclusion of the latest Go versions, standard packages, industry practices and AI assisted learning methods. Accordingly assistance and advice are sought on a continuing basis from the industry for knowing and assessing their requirements.

Go was designed at Google to solve a real problem. Their software had become too large, compilation had become too slow, and the code had become too complicated for new team members to understand. So they built a language that compiles in seconds, reads almost like plain English, and still runs at a speed close to C. That decision made Go the backbone of the modern cloud. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus and countless company backends are written in Go today.

For a student, Go has one big advantage over other languages - it is small on purpose. There are only 25 keywords, one loop keyword, no class, no inheritance and no complicated syntax layers. The language does not try to impress the learner with features. It tries to get work done. Because of this, a serious student covers the whole language quickly and then spends the remaining time on real projects, which is exactly what an employer wants to see.

The most valuable part of this course is concurrency. Handling many tasks at the same time is normally the hardest topic in programming, but Go makes it simple through goroutines and channels. A single Go program can handle thousands of requests at once while using very little memory. This is why servers written in Go handle heavy traffic with fewer machines, and this is also why Go developers are paid well in backend, cloud and DevOps roles.

NIMACT teaches every programming language on the model of AI > Programming Language (Coding). The first stage is AI. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude AI, Gemini and Copilot are used to explain a concept such as slice, interface, goroutine or channel in simple language, to explain the meaning of a compiler error, to compare a Go approach with C or Python, and to give extra practice questions. The second stage is the coding itself. Every program, every API and every project is typed, run and understood by the student with his own hands. This rule is followed strictly at NIMACT, because a student who only copies AI code cannot debug a live server, and backend work is judged exactly at that moment.

So many opportunities after this course. IT companies, startups, cloud service providers, fintech firms and product companies recruit Go developers for backend and infrastructure work, and the job profile will be Go Developer, Backend Developer, API Developer, Microservices Developer, Cloud Engineer Trainee, DevOps Trainee, Systems Programmer etc. Go also has a strong remote and freelance market, because most Go work is server side and can be done from anywhere.

Who Should Attend: Students of BCA, MCA, B.Tech and Polytechnic who want a modern backend language on their resume. Programmers who know C, C++, Java or Python and want to move into cloud, backend or DevOps work. Beginners who want a simple but powerful language to start serious development. Working IT professionals who want to upgrade towards microservices and cloud native development, as well.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Open to all. There is no minimum qualification for this course. Basic knowledge of any programming language is helpful, but the required fundamentals are covered at the beginning of the course.

Mode: Hybrid (Offline + Online + Live Doubt Session)

SYLLABUS:
To get a better idea about the course structure, let us go through a list of important subjects present in this program. Note - Only the important points have been mentioned.

  • Programming Concept, ICT & AI
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Learning Support - ChatGPT, Claude AI, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity
  • AI for Concept Explanation, Error Meaning, Code Reading and Practice Questions
  • Introduction to Go Language
  • History, Design Goals and Features of Go
  • Go vs C, C++, Java and Python
  • Where Go is Used - Cloud, Backend, DevOps, CLI Tools
  • Go Installation and Environment Setup
  • GOPATH, GOROOT and Go Workspace
  • VS Code Setup, Go Extension and Go Playground
  • Go Command Line - go run, go build, go install, go fmt, go vet
  • Structure of a Go Program
  • Package, main Package and main Function
  • import Statement and Standard Library
  • Go Modules - go mod init, go mod tidy, Dependency Handling
  • Comments, Naming Convention and Code Formatting Rules
  • Variable, Constant and Data Type
  • var, Short Declaration and Zero Value
  • Numeric, String, Boolean and Rune Type
  • Type Conversion and Type Inference
  • Constant and iota
  • Operators and Expressions
  • Arithmetic, Relational, Logical, Bitwise and Assignment Operator
  • Control Statements
  • if, if else, if with Statement
  • switch, Type Switch and fallthrough
  • Looping Statement
  • for Loop - Standard, Condition Only, Infinite
  • for range Loop
  • break, continue and Label
  • Input and Output
  • fmt Package - Print, Printf, Sprintf, Scan, Scanln
  • Format Verbs and String Formatting
  • Reading Input from Keyboard and Command Line
  • Composite Data Types
  • Array - Declaration, Access and Iteration
  • Slice - Creation, append, copy, len, cap
  • Slice Internals and Slice of Slice
  • Map - Creation, Access, Update, Delete and Iteration
  • Struct - Declaration, Nested Struct, Anonymous Struct
  • Struct Tags and JSON Mapping
  • Project
  • Function
  • Function Declaration, Parameter and Return Value
  • Multiple Return Value and Named Return
  • Variadic Function
  • Anonymous Function and Closure
  • defer Statement and Execution Order
  • Recursion
  • Function as Value and Higher Order Function
  • Pointer
  • Pointer Concept, Address and Dereferencing
  • Pointer with Function and Struct
  • new and make Functions
  • Value Type vs Reference Type
  • Memory Management and Garbage Collection in Go
  • Method and Interface
  • Method Declaration and Receiver
  • Value Receiver vs Pointer Receiver
  • Interface Concept and Implicit Implementation
  • Empty Interface and Type Assertion
  • Polymorphism through Interface
  • Composition instead of Inheritance
  • Error Handling
  • error Type and Custom Error
  • errors Package, errors.New and fmt.Errorf
  • Error Wrapping and Unwrapping
  • panic and recover
  • Best Practices of Error Handling in Go
  • Project
  • Concurrency in Go
  • Concurrency vs Parallelism
  • Goroutine Concept and Creation
  • Channel - Unbuffered and Buffered
  • Channel Direction, Send, Receive and Close
  • select Statement and Timeout Handling
  • sync Package - WaitGroup, Mutex, RWMutex
  • Race Condition and Race Detector
  • Worker Pool Pattern
  • Context Package Basics
  • File and Data Handling
  • File Create, Read, Write, Append and Delete
  • os, io and bufio Packages
  • CSV and Text File Processing
  • JSON Encoding and Decoding
  • XML and YAML Handling Basics
  • Standard Library Highlights
  • strings, strconv, math, time, sort Packages
  • regexp and Text Processing
  • Testing and Quality
  • Unit Testing with testing Package
  • Table Driven Tests
  • Benchmarking and Profiling
  • Code Coverage and go test Commands
  • Web and API Development
  • net/http Package and HTTP Server
  • Routing, Handler and Middleware Concept
  • REST API - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
  • JSON Request and Response Handling
  • Introduction to Gin and Echo Framework
  • Database Handling
  • database/sql Package
  • MySQL and PostgreSQL Connection
  • CRUD Operations from Go
  • Introduction to GORM
  • Debugging and Best Practices
  • Common Go Errors and Their Meaning
  • Delve Debugger Basics
  • Code Reading and Output Prediction Practice
  • Go Code Style, Linting and Clean Code Rules
  • Programming Coding Practice
  • Daily Coding Exercises and Logic Building Questions
  • Interview Questions and Competitive Practice
  • Practical Programs
  • Command Line Calculator and Utility Tools
  • Student Result and Record System
  • File Organizer and Bulk File Processor
  • URL Shortener and Simple Web Server
  • REST API with Database for a Small Application
  • Concurrent Data Processing Program
  • Multi Platform Practice
  • Go on Windows, Linux and Online Compilers
  • Cross Compilation and Single Binary Deployment
  • Git and GitHub Basics for Go Projects
  • Introduction to Docker with Go
  • Path Ahead - Microservices, Cloud, DevOps and Kubernetes
  • Emerging Technologies - Go in Cloud Native, Blockchain and High Performance Systems
  • Project Work
  • Internship