Speaker
Dr
Sebastien Binet
(Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire de Clermont-Ferrand (LPC))
Description
# Introduction to Go
## Introduction
In this workshop, we will introduce the basics of programming in Go and
then work our way up to concurrency programming with this relatively new
language.
We'll start with the usual "Hello World" program, introduce functions,
variables, packages and then interfaces.
Then, we will tackle the two main tools at the disposal of the Go programmer
(colloquially known as a gopher): the channels and the goroutines.
This will be done by implementing a small peer to peer application transmitting
text messages over the network.
The workshop wraps up with a whirlwind tour of scientific and non-scientific
libraries readily available, and prospects/news about the next Go version.
## References
- https://golang.org
- https://tour.golang.org
- https://talks.golang.org
People will have to install the Go compiler on their laptop.
The instructions to do so for their favorite operating system are detailed at:
https://golang.org/doc/install
To get a taste of what Go looks like and wet their feet, people can also follow
the interactive, browser-based, installation-free tour from:
https://tour.golang.org
