Author Archives for Gerard Millares

How to use Interfaces in Golang

January 17, 2016 8:54 am Published by

Welcome to Golang certification class number 19—How to use interfaces in Golang programming. Today, we’ll be discussing how you can define and use interfaces in Golang programming. Let’s begin by discussing why interfaces are necessary in programming. An interface is...

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Looping with Golang’s Maps

January 16, 2016 1:53 am Published by

We’ve so far discussed how you can declare and initialize maps in Golang. In this blog post, we discuss how you can use loops to implement your Golang maps. We use loops in maps to initialize a block of several...

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Looping with Golang’s Arrays and Slices

January 15, 2016 12:41 pm Published by

We’ve so far discussed how you can declare and initialize arrays and slices in Golang. In this blog post, we discuss how you can use loops to initialize your arrays and slices. Why do we need loops when initializing some...

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A Guide to Golang’s Maps

January 14, 2016 12:02 pm Published by

In our previous blogs, we’ve discussed Golang’s data types, arrays and slices. In this tutorial, we present a one more in-built type—the maps. By the end of the class, you should have learnt how to use maps in your Golang...

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How to Use Conditionals in Golang

January 12, 2016 8:00 am Published by

In this class, we’ll be covering how you can use conditionals in Golang. So, let’s dive in and find out how to use conditionals in Golang. You might be thinking, “What are conditionals?” Well, conditionals are expressions that result to...

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Golang Programming Operators

January 11, 2016 7:34 am Published by

Operators are symbols that tell the compiler to perform specific operations that may be mathematical, relational or logical. The Golang programming language has a rich in in-built operators that can be grouped into: Arithmetic Operators, Relational Operators, Logical Operators, Bitwise...

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How to Use Pointers in Golang

January 10, 2016 6:43 am Published by

In this class, we discuss how to use pointers in Golang. By the end of the class, you’ll have learnt how to define and use pointers in Golang. Let’s start the discussion by first defining pointers. A pointer is an...

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