2025: Conquer all concepts of Go language: Basics to Advanced with extensive coverage on Protocol Buffers and gRPC.

What you'll learn

Comprehensive Examples of Basic Concepts.

Detailed Explanation and Practice of Intermediate level Concepts in Go.

Highly Extensive Section on Advanced Concepts in Golang.

Detailed Explanation of GoRoutines: Complete Coverage with many examples to master the concept.

Comprehensive Explanation and Extensive Practice on Protocol Buffers and gRPC.

We will make REST API in Go.

We will make a gRPC API in Go.

How concurrency works in Go?

Quizzes and Slides with downloadable PDF material.

Git and Github.

Pointers in Go.

Detailed Explanation and Practical Examples of Struct, Maps, Slices in Go.

Importance and Various Use Cases of CHANNELS in Go.

Real Use Case Based API Examples with SQL and NoSQL Usage.

API Folder Structure.

Learn How to Plan Before Making an API. *** Important for beginners***

Learn How to Make Professional, Industry Standard APIs

MongoDB and MariaDB(Drop in replacement for MySQL)

Advanced API Benchmarking Tools like wrk, h2load, ghz etc.

Make HTTP2, HTTPS API.

Learn How to Implement TLS/SSL in API.

Learn How to Code Your Own Middleware from scratch

Learn how to read Go Source Code and Find Solutions to Any Problem

Learn to use Algorithms in Real World Cases

Interview Preparation: Question Bank with 350+ Questions and Answers

How Does Go runtime Work? Why is it important to understand it?

Become an expert in using Reflect Package. Comprehensive use of Reflect in gRPC & REST API projects in this course.

Requirements

No programming experience/knowledge needed. You'll learn everything from scratch in this course.

No prior knowledge of Go is needed, nor assumed.

Linux/Mac/Windows/ChromeOS/UnixBasedOS PC with Internet connection.

Description

Released in 2025. BRAND NEW COURSE.* Master The Go Programming Language: Elevate Your Skills! *$ A Job Landing Course $Step into the world of Go programming with confidence and expertise through our comprehensive course designed to empower both novices and seasoned developers alike. Go Bootcamp with gRPC and Protocol BuffersWelcome to the ultimate journey into Go programming! Whether you're a beginner aiming to dive headfirst into software development or an experienced coder looking to sharpen your skills, this comprehensive course is tailored just for you.What You'll LearnConquer Go Language: From foundational concepts to advanced techniques, this course covers everything you need to know about Go. We start with the basics and progress to intricate topics like Protocol Buffers and gRPC, ensuring you grasp each concept with clarity and confidence.Practice Makes Perfect: Gain hands-on experience through extensive practice sessions. You'll not only understand basic and intermediate concepts deeply but also master advanced topics with practical examples and real-world projects.GoRoutines and Concurrency: Delve into GoRoutines, concurrency models, and understand how Go handles parallelism effortlessly. Through numerous examples and exercises, you'll become proficient in leveraging concurrency effectively.Protocol Buffers and gRPC: Explore the powerful combination of Protocol Buffers and gRPC, essential for building efficient and scalable APIs. Detailed explanations and extensive practice will equip you to integrate these technologies seamlessly into your projects.Building APIs: Learn to create RESTful and gRPC APIs in Go from scratch. Dive into API folder structures, planning strategies, and practical considerations to ensure your APIs are robust and scalable.Data Structures and Pointers: Master the nuances of data structures like Structs, Maps, and Slices, and understand the critical role of pointers in Go programming.Channels: Uncover the importance of channels in Go for synchronization and communication between Goroutines, with practical use cases and scenarios.Real-World Projects: Apply your newfound skills to develop practical projects that simulate real-world scenarios, integrating SQL and NoSQL databases to create functional APIs.Git and GitHub: Learn essential version control skills using Git and GitHub, enabling you to collaborate effectively and manage your codebase efficiently.Benchmarking Techniques and Tools: Understand the significance of performance benchmarking in Go. Learn how to measure execution time, optimize code efficiency, and use industry-standard benchmarking tools to analyze and enhance the performance of your applications.Create HTTP2 and HTTPS Servers: Dive into advanced networking by building secure and high-performance HTTP/2 and HTTPS servers in Go. Learn how to implement TLS encryption, optimize server response times, and handle concurrent client requests effectively.Code Obfuscation Tools: Explore techniques for protecting your Go code from reverse engineering. Learn how to use code obfuscation tools to make your compiled binaries harder to analyze, ensuring security for proprietary algorithms and sensitive business logic.Why Choose This Course?Comprehensive Learning: Designed for beginners and seasoned developers alike, this course requires no prior programming experience. You'll start from scratch and emerge with the ability to build professional-grade APIs and applications.Practical Approach: Each module includes quizzes, downloadable slides, and PDF materials to reinforce your learning. The emphasis on practical examples ensures you not only understand but can apply your knowledge immediately.Career Readiness: By the end of the course, you'll possess the skills and confidence to tackle programming challenges in any professional setting. Whether you aspire to enter the job market or advance your current career, this course equips you with the expertise employers seek.Join me on this transformative journey into Go programming. Let's unlock the full potential of your coding abilities and pave the way to your success in the dynamic world of software development. Enroll now and embark on your path to becoming an expert in using gRPC and Go programming language.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Greetings and Welcome!

Lecture 2 Some tips while using this course

Lecture 3 Course Content

Lecture 4 About Go Language

Lecture 5 Why choose Go?

Lecture 6 Join our Discord Community

Lecture 7 Go Playground

Lecture 8 Installing Go on Linux

Lecture 9 Installing Go on Windows

Lecture 10 Installing Go on Mac

Lecture 11 IDE/Code Editor

Lecture 12 Installing VS Code on Linux

Lecture 13 Installing VS Code on Windows

Lecture 14 Installing VS Code on Mac

Lecture 15 Setting Up Development environment: Extensions

Lecture 16 Resources and Connect

Section 2: Git

Lecture 17 What is Git? What is VCS?

Lecture 18 Installing Git on Linux

Lecture 19 Installing Git on Windows

Lecture 20 Installing Git on Mac

Lecture 21 Github

Lecture 22 Github and Git : SSH

Lecture 23 git init

Lecture 24 git add

Lecture 25 git commit

Lecture 26 git remote

Lecture 27 git push

Section 3: Go Programming: Basics

Lecture 28 Course Setup

Lecture 29 Hello World!

Lecture 30 Go Run

Lecture 31 Go Compiler

Lecture 32 The Standard Libary

Lecture 33 Import statement

Lecture 34 Data Types

Lecture 35 Variables

Lecture 36 Naming Conventions

Lecture 37 Constants

Lecture 38 Arithmetic Operations

Lecture 39 Loop: For (break continue)

Lecture 40 Loop: For (using as while)

Lecture 41 Operators

Lecture 42 Conditions: If else

Lecture 43 Conditions: Switch

Lecture 44 Arrays

Lecture 45 Slices

Lecture 46 Maps

Lecture 47 Range

Lecture 48 Functions

Lecture 49 Multiple Return Values

Lecture 50 Variadic functions

Lecture 51 Defer

Lecture 52 Panic

Lecture 53 Recover

Lecture 54 Exit

Lecture 55 Init function

Lecture 56 Section Summary and Motivation

Section 4: Go Programming: Intermediate

Lecture 57 Closures

Lecture 58 Recursion

Lecture 59 Pointers

Lecture 60 Strings and Runes

Lecture 61 Formatting Verbs

Lecture 62 Fmt package

Lecture 63 Structs

Lecture 64 Methods

Lecture 65 Interfaces

Lecture 66 Struct Embedding

Lecture 67 Generics

Lecture 68 Errors

Lecture 69 Custom Errors

Lecture 70 String Functions

Lecture 71 String Formatting

Lecture 72 Text Templates

Lecture 73 Regular Expressions

Lecture 74 Time

Lecture 75 Epoch

Lecture 76 Time Formatting / Parsing

Lecture 77 Random Numbers

Lecture 78 Number Parsing

Lecture 79 URL Parsing

Lecture 80 bufio package

Lecture 81 Base64 Coding

Lecture 82 SHA 256/512 Hashes / Hashing / Cryptography / Crypto Package

Lecture 83 Writing Files

Lecture 84 Reading Files

Lecture 85 Line Filters

Lecture 86 File Paths

Lecture 87 Directories

Lecture 88 Temporary Files and Directories

Lecture 89 Embed Directive

Lecture 90 Command Line Arguments/Flags

Lecture 91 Command Line Sub Commands

Lecture 92 Environment Variables

Lecture 93 Logging

Lecture 94 JSON

Lecture 95 Struct Tags

Lecture 96 XML

Lecture 97 Go Extension

Lecture 98 Type Conversions

Lecture 99 IO package

Lecture 100 Math package

Lecture 101 Math package (Code Examples)

Lecture 102 Section Summary and Motivation

Section 5: Go Programming: Advanced

Lecture 103 Goroutines

Lecture 104 Channels - Introduction

Lecture 105 Unbuffered Channels and Runtime Mechanism

Lecture 106 Buffered Channels

Lecture 107 Channel Synchronization

Lecture 108 Channel Directions

Lecture 109 Multiplexing using Select

Lecture 110 Non blocking channel operations

Lecture 111 Closing Channels

Lecture 112 Context

Lecture 113 Timers

Lecture 114 Tickers

Lecture 115 Worker Pools

Lecture 116 Wait Groups

Lecture 117 Mutexes

Lecture 118 Atomic Counters

Lecture 119 Rate Limiting

Lecture 120 Rate Limiting - Token Bucket Algorithm

Lecture 121 Rate Limiting - Fixed Window Counter

Lecture 122 Rate Limiting - Leaky Bucket Algorithm

Lecture 123 Stateful Goroutines

Lecture 124 Sorting

Lecture 125 Testing / Benchmarking

Lecture 126 Executing Processes / OS Processes / Other Processes

Lecture 127 Signals

Lecture 128 Reflect

Lecture 129 Section Summary and Congratulations

Section 6: Go Programming: More About Concurrency

Lecture 130 Concurrency vs Parallelism

Lecture 131 Race Conditions

Lecture 132 Deadlocks

Lecture 133 RWMutex

Lecture 134 sync.NewCond

Lecture 135 sync.Once

Lecture 136 sync.Pool

Lecture 137 for select statement

Section 7: How Internet Works

Lecture 138 URL/URI

Lecture 139 Request Response Cycle

Lecture 140 What is Frontend Dev/ Client Side

Lecture 141 What is Backend Dev/ API / Server Side

Lecture 142 HTTP 1/2/3, HTTPS

Section 8: REST API Project

Lecture 143 OS Choice for Development

Lecture 144 What is REST API

Lecture 145 Endpoints

Lecture 146 HTTP Client

Lecture 147 HTTP Server

Lecture 148 Ports

Lecture 149 Postman for API Testing

Lecture 150 Install wrk (Benchmarking Tool)

Lecture 151 Install Htop

Lecture 152 Benchmarking an API

Lecture 153 Modules - go mod init

Lecture 154 Let's begin making the API/Server

Lecture 155 Downloading Third Party/External Packages - go get

Lecture 156 Let's add HTTP2 and HTTPS to our API

Lecture 157 https certificates - SSL/TLS

Lecture 158 Postman for TLS + HTTP2 Requests

Lecture 159 Using Curl to make http2 request

Lecture 160 HTTP2/HTTPS/HTTP Connections, TLS Handshake

Lecture 161 mTLS and Postman Settings

Lecture 162 Benchmarking HTTP1 vs HTTP2 -H2Load BM Tool

Lecture 163 Serialization/Deserialization - Marshal/Unmarshal - Encode/Decode-swapi-jsonplac

Lecture 164 API Folder Structure

Lecture 165 API Planning Stage

Lecture 166 Basic Routing-CRUD-HTTP Methods

Lecture 167 Processing Requests

Lecture 168 Path Params

Lecture 169 Query Params

Lecture 170 .gitignore file

Lecture 171 Multiplexer (mux)

Lecture 172 Middlewares

Lecture 173 Middlewares - Security Headers

Lecture 174 Middlewares - CORS

Lecture 175 Middlewares - Response Time

Lecture 176 Middlewares - Compression

Lecture 177 Middlewares - Rate Limiter

Lecture 178 Middlewares - HPP

Lecture 179 Middlewares - Ordering

Lecture 180 Efficient Middleware Chaining

Lecture 181 Older Routing Technique (Pre Go 1.22)

Lecture 182 Getting All/Filtered/One Entry(ies) - GET

Lecture 183 Adding Single Entry/Multiple Entries - POST

Lecture 184 Handlers Refactoring

Lecture 185 MariaDB/MySQL - Introduction

Lecture 186 MariaDB Installation

Lecture 187 MariaDB GUI Tool - DBeaver Installation

Lecture 188 SQL Primer - CRUD - Command Line

Lecture 189 SQL Primer - CRUD - DBeaver

Lecture 190 Connect API to SQL

Lecture 191 Environment Variables (.env file)

Lecture 192 Creating our SQL Database

Lecture 193 Updating POST methods to post in Database

Lecture 194 Updating GET method to Fetch One Entry from Database

Lecture 195 Updating GET method to Fetch Multiple Entries from Database

Lecture 196 WHERE 1=1. WHY???

Lecture 197 Advanced Filtering Technique - GET - Getting Entries Based on Multiple Criteria

Lecture 198 Advanced Sort Order Technique - GET - Get Entries Based on Multiple Criteria

Lecture 199 Updating a 'Complete Entry' - PUT

Lecture 200 Modifying An Entry - PATCH

Lecture 201 Improving our PATCH function - Reflect Package

Lecture 202 Deleting An Entry - DELETE

Lecture 203 Modernizing Routes - Older Routing Technique and its Limitations

Lecture 204 Refactoring Mux

Lecture 205 Using Path Params for Specific Entry

Lecture 206 Modifying Multiple Entries - PATCH

Lecture 207 Deleting Multiple Entries - DELETE

Lecture 208 Modelling Data

Lecture 209 Refactoring Database Operations

Lecture 210 Error Handling

Lecture 211 Struct Tags

Lecture 212 Data Validation

Lecture 213 Students Database Creation

Lecture 214 CRUD for Students Route

Lecture 215 Students Routes and Testing

Lecture 216 New Subroutes

Lecture 217 Getting Student List for a Specific Teacher

Lecture 218 Getting Student Count for a Specific Teacher

Lecture 219 Router Refactoring

Lecture 220 Execs Router

Lecture 221 Execs Model and Database Table

Lecture 222 CRUD for Execs Route

Lecture 223 Passwords - Hashing

Lecture 224 Authorization and Authentication

Lecture 225 Cookies, Sessions and JWT

Lecture 226 Login Route Part 1 - Data Validation

Lecture 227 Login Route Part 2 - Password Hashing - Argon2

Lecture 228 Login Route Part 3 - JWT, Cookie

Lecture 229 Login Route Refactoring

Lecture 230 Logout

Lecture 231 Authentication Middleware - JWT

Lecture 232 Skipping Routes With Middlewares - PreLogin

Lecture 233 Update Password

Lecture 234 Sending Emails - MailHog

Lecture 235 Forgot Password

Lecture 236 Reset Password

Lecture 237 CSRF

Lecture 238 Adding Pagination

Lecture 239 Data Sanitization - XSS Middleware

Lecture 240 Authorization

Lecture 241 Middleware Sequence Revisited

Lecture 242 Code Obfuscation

Lecture 243 Adjustments Before Final Binary

Lecture 244 API Binary

Lecture 245 Extensive Benchmarking - Source Code v/s Go Binary v/s Obfuscated

Lecture 246 Section Summary and Motivation

Section 9: Protocol Buffers

Lecture 247 What are Protocol Buffers?

Lecture 248 Syntax and Structure of .proto Files

Lecture 249 Packages in Protocol Buffers

Lecture 250 Messages in Protocol Buffers

Lecture 251 Fields in Protocol Buffers

Lecture 252 Field Types and Data Types

Lecture 253 Field Numbers

Lecture 254 Serialization and Deserialization

Lecture 255 RPC (Remote Procedure Call) in Protocol Buffers

Lecture 256 Versioning and Backward Compatibility

Lecture 257 Best Practices for .proto Files

Lecture 258 Installing Protoc Compiler to Generate Code from .proto Files

Lecture 259 Protocol Buffers in Practice - Include practicing imports and all that is in the

Section 10: gRPC

Lecture 260 What is gRPC?

Lecture 261 Stubs

Lecture 262 What is Service?

Lecture 263 REST vs gRPC

Lecture 264 Creating Simple gRPC Server

Lecture 265 Creating a Simple gRPC Client

Lecture 266 gRPC + TLS

Lecture 267 Deep Dive - Proto Buf Packages + RPC

Lecture 268 gRPC Streaming

Lecture 269 Server Side Stream

Lecture 270 Client Side Stream

Lecture 271 BiDirectional Stream

Lecture 272 Advanced gRPC Features

Lecture 273 Metadata, Headers and Trailers

Lecture 274 Postman for gRPC

Lecture 275 gRPCurl for gRPC

Lecture 276 Protoc Gen Validate Plugin

Lecture 277 Combo API (gRPC + REST functionality in One API)

Lecture 278 Benchmarking Combo API - GHZ BM Tool

Section 11: gRPC API Project

Lecture 279 Intro

Lecture 280 MongoDB and NoSQL - Introduction

Lecture 281 MongoDB - Installation

Lecture 282 MongoDB Compass - GUI for MongoDB

Lecture 283 MongoDB Primer - CRUD

Lecture 284 gRPC API Folder Structure and Project Requirements

Lecture 285 Creating Proto files based on our REST API routes

Lecture 286 Creating Project's gRPC Server

Lecture 287 Downloading Known Required Dependencies

Lecture 288 Connect API to MongoDB

Lecture 289 Error Handling

Lecture 290 Adding New Teacher(s)

Lecture 291 Refactoring

Lecture 292 Getting Teacher(s) - Filter

Lecture 293 Getting Teacher(s) - Sorting

Lecture 294 Getting Teacher(s) - Finalizing

Lecture 295 Interfaces - Common Filter for all Get RPCs

Lecture 296 Decode Function

Lecture 297 Generics - Common Decode for all Get Functions

Lecture 298 Modifying Teacher(s)

Lecture 299 Generics - Mapping Helpers - Refactored

Lecture 300 Deleting Teacher(s)

Lecture 301 Adding New Student(s) and Exec(s)

Lecture 302 Getting Student(s) and Exec(s)

Lecture 303 Modifying Student(s) and Exec(s)

Lecture 304 Deleting Student(s) and Exec(s)

Lecture 305 Relationships in NoSQL (MongoDB)

Lecture 306 Getting Students By Teacher - RPC

Lecture 307 Getting Student Count By Teacher - RPC

Lecture 308 Login RPC

Lecture 309 Update Password RPC

Lecture 310 Deactivate User RPC

Lecture 311 Forgot Password RPC

Lecture 312 Reset Password RPC

Lecture 313 Response Time Interceptor

Lecture 314 Rate Limiting Interceptor

Lecture 315 Authentication Interceptor

Lecture 316 Logout RPC

Lecture 317 Authorization

Lecture 318 gRPC Advantage - No need for HPP, Sanitize, Compression, HTTP Headers, CORS

Lecture 319 Interceptor Sequence

Lecture 320 Data Validation using Protoc Gen Validate

Lecture 321 TLS/SSL + gRPC

Lecture 322 Code Obfuscation and API Binary

Lecture 323 Benchmarking

Section 12: Resources and Connect

Lecture 324 Resources and Connect

Section 13: Interview Preparation (350+ QnA)

Lecture 325 Interview Questions and Answers

Section 14: Course Summary

Lecture 326 What we learnt.

Lecture 327 Where to go from here?

Section 15: Best Wishes and Good Luck!

Lecture 328 Good Bye and Good Luck!

Lecture 329 Sincere Request

Complete Freshers/Novice in Programming,Computer Science Students,Anyone curious/wanting to learn Protocol Buffers and gRPC,Coders interested in improving API performance,Software Developers,API Developers,Go Developers,Systems Engineer,People with some Go Experience or those who have completed an Introductory Go course,Anyone who wants to gain expertise in REST, Protocol Buffers, gRPC, Advanced Benchmarking,Anyone who wants to gain command over concurrency in programming