This page lists a few resources for programmers interested in leaning about the Go language.

Installing Go and configuring your workspace

Start here to learn how to set up a workspace to write Go code.

• How to Write Go Code
• Writing, building, installing, and testing Go code

Online resources

Once you’ve got your environment set up, here are some excellent resources to learn Go.

• The Go programming language tour
• Go by example
• Effective Go
• The Go language FAQ

Books

Several books have already been published about Go.

• An Introduction to Programming in Go by Caleb Doxsey
• Programming in Go by Mark Summerfield
• Learning Go by Miek Gieben (nearing completion)
• More books, http://go-lang.cat-v.org/books

Presentations

Here is a selection of presentations about Go targeted at those wanting to learn about the language.

• Getting started with Go, by Andrew Gerrand.
• A tour of Go, by Russ Cox.
• Go at Google, Rob Pike, SPLASH 2012.
• More presentations, talks.golang.org and the community wiki.

Community resources

Interact with the Go programming community.

• #go-nuts IRC channel at Freenode. For the truly curious the channel is logged by botbot.me.
• The Go playground
• #golang on Twitter.
• golang-nuts mailing list. This is a medium volume list. You may find it more rewarding to interact with the group via email, rather than the Google Groups web interface.
• Go questions on Stackoverflow
• Godoc.org (was go.pkgdoc.org)
• The Go Programming Language Blog
• Go community Wiki
• Goin Wiki (under development)