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Which is the best way to learn Go? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago by MortySmith@programming.dev to c/golang@programming.dev

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Any particular up to date course out there? Or another useful source out there to learn it from?

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[–] who@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Fair enough. I didn't recommend those because:

The spec is far more detailed than necessary to get started with the language. Having to slog through it just to get the basics would have put me off, so I was relieved to find the Tour.

While the documentation page's articles might be useful, I was disappointed with their writing. As an experienced programmer, I found the ones I read immensely boring and disrespectful of my time, because they have a lot of plodding verbiage explaining already-familiar concepts and often restating sentences from just one or two lines earlier. Meanwhile, other ideas are illustrated using (for example) C pointer syntax instead of explaining, which is clear to me, but would likely frustrate someone unfamiliar with that syntax. The authors seem unable to decide who their target audience is.