Go Progression Ladder

The Go progression ladder is a grouping of concepts and skills relevant to Go programming. It provides aspiring Go programmers with a way to track and improve their Go skills.

novice
CONCEPTS	SKILLS	RESOURCES	COMPLETED
Line break rules	Understand line break rules In Go such as semicolon insertion and comma separator rules
Variable rules	Understand rules about unused variables and exceptions to each case
Import rules	Rules about unused imports and exceptions to each case
Type inference	Understand what is type inference when declaring variables
Type assertions	Understand what is type assertions and how to perform them
Variable scopes	Understanding how scopes work and what is variable shadowing
The nil value	Understanding how nil is handled in Go
Strings	Understanding how strings are represented
Slices and Arrays	Declare and work with Slices and Arrays
Maps	Declare and work with Maps
Range loop	Understanding how to loop using range in Go
Goroutines	Learn what are Goroutines and how to use them
Channels	Define and use channels
Structs	Understand what are structs and how to define them
Interfaces	Learn how to use interfaces
Methods	Define and use methods
Errors	Understand what are errors and how to do error handling
Deferred calls	Learn what Defer does and how to use
Exported/Unexported identifiers	Understand how to export or hide identifiers
advanced_beginner
CONCEPTS	SKILLS	RESOURCES	COMPLETED
Underlying types	Understand underlying types and type identity rules
Type Embedding	Understand and use Type Embedding
Panic and Recover	Understand the mechanics of Panic and Recover
Reflection	Understand and use Reflection
Pointers	Use pointers effectively
Concurrency Synchronization Techniques	How to utilize concurrency in Go
Atomic Operations	Use atomic variables and operations
Race conditions and deadlocks	Detecting and fixing race conditions and deadlocks
Pointer vs value receivers	Understand pointer vs value receivers in types
JSON/GOB encoding	Use JSON and gob encoding
competent
CONCEPTS	SKILLS	RESOURCES	COMPLETED
Unsafe types	Working around the type system with types.Unsafe
Bounds check elimination	Understand what is bound check elimination and how to use it
Value comparison and assignment rules
Go Memory Model	Understand more about the memory model
Type Alignment and Type Value Sizes	Understand the inner layout of memory and alignment guarantees
Goto statements	Use goto and label statements
proficient
CONCEPTS	SKILLS	RESOURCES	COMPLETED
Profiling Go programs	Understand how to profile Go programs for performance
Cgo	How to bridge C with Go
Escape analysis	What is escape analysis and how can you utilize it
System Calls	Execute System Calls
expert
CONCEPTS	SKILLS	RESOURCES	COMPLETED
Go Assembly	Understand the How Go compiles to Assembly
Channel structure	Understand the internal structure of Channels
Garbage collector	Learn more about the Garbage Collector
Go modules	Learn about Go modules

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Go Progression Ladder

The Go progression ladder is a grouping of concepts and skills relevant to Go programming. It provides aspiring Go programmers with a way to track and improve their Go skills.

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