Welcome to Play with Go

A series of hands-on, interactive, browser-based guides that introduce the tools required to work with the Go programming language.

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An introduction to play-with-go.dev guides

Learn about how to get the most out of play-with-go.dev guides

Beginner.

8 min read.

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Get started with Go

You've completed the Go tour, so what next? This guide gives a brief introduction to Go programming

Beginner.

8 min read.

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Go fundamentals

Primer on creating and using go modules

Beginner.

56 min read.

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Next steps
Working with private modules

How to create, publish and work with non-public modules in your team.

Intermediate.

14 min read.

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How to use and tweak Staticcheck

Using static analysis to automatically find bugs and performance optimizations.

Intermediate.

24 min read.

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Installing Go programs directly

Simple easy-to-remember way to install Go programs

Beginner.

4 min read.

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Retract Module Versions

Learn how to flag modules that shouldn't be used

Intermediate.

28 min read.

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Developer tools as module dependencies

Ensure all developers use the same version of each developer tool

Intermediate.

16 min read.

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Installing Go

Ready to take the plunge and install Go on your system?!

Beginner.

6 min read.

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