Author of the Master Go course here. I am exited to see my course being recommended in this group, thank you Kevin!
I am positively surprised to see that you consider the course suitable for learning programming from scratch. The course was designed for people who already know another language, to keep its size manageable. The course definitely does not teach basic programming concepts. However, the course does not require deep programming expertise either. One of my students, a newcomer to programming, took an online CS introduction course (CS50x from Harvard University via edx.org) before taking the Master Go course, and recommends this combination. Which makes me think the course could indeed be suited for a certain group of beginners who are willing to fill the gaps through other means. So to anyone who reads these lines and seeks to learn Go with no or very little prior knowledge about programming: I would suggest looking at the curriculum (it's on the landing page <https://appliedgo.com/p/mastergo>) and viewing the lectures that are open for preview before you buy. If the content you read and see there seems too unfamiliar, too advanced, or if the lectures seem to fast-paced, don't buy. You can also ping me at any time, I am happy to answer any question about the course. (Find the email address in the FAQ on the landing page.) The last thing I want to do is to sell you a course that is not for you. Best, Christoph On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 3:13:13 PM UTC+1, Kevin Powick wrote: > > I've had good feedback from colleagues on the following course. > > https://appliedgo.com/p/mastergo > > There are also the usual reference at golang.org such as "Effective Go", > the on-line introduction, and the language spec itself. > > -- > Kevin Powick > > On Tuesday, 16 January 2018 02:10:48 UTC-5, James Pettyjohn wrote: >> >> I've had multiple occasions where I've needed to train someone to be a >> programmer from scratch in a Go environment. >> >> Trouble I've found is while the go texts are simple and straightforward, >> relatively speaking, they often written by someone who sought a better life >> in go, fleeing Java/C/C++. They will routinely reference these other >> languages in examples, touting the benefits of go is comparison to the old >> language. Much like reading GOF design patterns without a background in >> smalltalk, it is hard for new developers to pick up when they don't know >> other languages first. Commonly they cut it back and learn JS first. >> >> Assuming they eventually picked up the language they now need to learn >> how to be a software engineer and write code that doesn't suck. Especially >> present with those who just learned how to program using JS. And what I've >> seen on the subject often expects a knowledge of another language. >> >> Are there tracks of knowledge to take someone from 0 to understanding >> baseline knowledge? >> >> And from there through taking them to a professional grade standard? >> >> Best, >> James >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
