Who is this tutorial for?
- Programming beginners and people with programming experience who want to learn the language
- One of the core aspects of go is simplicity and clarity
Content:
- Setting up a simple project
- Learn basic structures like variables, functions, loops, if statements
- How to include a 3rd party library
- Apply learnings to a simple project
Setup new project (hello world)
- Show where to find installation instructions
- Choose any editor of your choice
- Create directory and go file
- Run file from the terminal
Introduction conways game of life
- Matrix of cells (like a spreadsheet, columns and rows)
- Cells become alive or dead depending on their 9 neighbours
Create a first generation of cells and print them (randomly)
- Variables (Arrays)
- Loops
- Printing
Create next generation of cells and print them (rules)
- If statements
- Functions
Include 3rd party library tcell for rendering
- Dependencies
- How to read documentation of 3rd party libraries
- Render on screen