Go Checklist

This page compares what we are going to cover when compared with the Go Tour.

Basics

Packages, variables, and functions

Topic	Covered?
Packages	✅
Imports	✅
Exported names	✅
Functions	✅
Multiple results	✅
Named return values	-
Variables	✅
Variables with initializers	-
Short variable declarations	✅
Basic types	✅
Zero values	-
Type conversions	-
Type inference	✅
Constants	✅
Numeric Constants	-

Flow control statements: for, if, else, switch and defer

Topic	Covered?
For	✅
For is Go's "while"	✅
Forever	✅
If	✅
If with a short statement	-
If and else	✅
Switch	✅
Switch with no condition	-
Defer	✅
Stacking defers	-

More types: structs, slices, and maps.

Topic	Covered?
Pointers	-
Structs	✅
Struct Fields	✅
Pointers to structs	✅
Struct Literals	✅
Arrays	✅
Slices	-
Slices are like references to arrays	-
Slice literals	-
Slice length and capacity	-
Nil slices	-
Creating a slice with make	-
Slices of slices	-
Appending to a slice	-
Range	-
Maps	✅
Map literals	-
Mutating Maps	-
Function values	✅
Function closures	✅

Methods and interfaces

Topic	Covered?
Methods	✅
Methods are functions	✅
Pointer receivers	✅
Pointers and functions	-
Methods and pointer indirection	-
Choosing a value or pointer receiver	-
Interfaces	✅
Interfaces are implemented implicitly	✅
Interface values	✅
Interface values with nil underlying values	-
Nil interface values	-
The empty interface	-
Type assertions	-
Type switches	-
Stringers	-
Errors	✅
Readers	✅
Images	✅

Concurrency

Topic	Covered?
Goroutines	-
Channels	-
Buffered Channels	-
Range and Close	-
Select	-
Default Selection	-
sync.Mutex	-

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