Anyone Can Be A Gopher!
summary
Anyone without a CS background can reach Go competency in about a year while working in a newsroom, learning Go, GCP, microservices and the http package, using goroutines and channels to refactor an 800+ line Shakespeare word‑count program into a usable web app on localhost:8080. Early exercises include a two‑channel ping pong program and a “peanut butter” toy app; experimentation once created 189 channels then consolidated to one. Community support scales—an internal Slack grew to ~250 members—and GitHub PRs drive real feedback and merges.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:14Overview
- 6:31Learning Go
- 9:24A Turning Point
- 10:40Ping Pong
- 12:21Thinking Bigger
- 13:54Go Routines
- 15:30GitHub
- 16:01SVG Package
- 16:40HTML CSS
- 19:55Community
- 21:37Top Tip
- 27:03Deadlines
- 28:13Resources
- 29:17Takeaways
- 32:04Outro
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