Coding with golang
- 1. Coding with Golang October 21st, 6-7PM Sign in
- 2. What is a GDSC? Google Developer Student Clubs
- 3. We’re open to all majors! If you would like to join GDSC at UCF, it’s easy! The linked slide deck has all of our socials, calendar, mailing list, a step-by-step guide on joining Bevy (our Google-created RSVP site), and more! tinyurl.com/gdsc-ucf-join-in Want to Join GDSC?
- 6. Meet today’s speakers Hannah Moss GDSC UCF - Lead/President Alice Yu GDSC UCF - VP/Co-Lead Andrei Gulapa GDSC UCF - Marketing Lead
- 8. What is Golang/ Go? ● Golang or..Go? ○ go.org was not available → golang.org! ○ “Golang” == “Go” (but the actual language is called Go!) ● Created by Google in 2007 ● Open source programming language
- 9. Uses
- 11. ● Easy to learn! Syntax is clean and simple ● Fast and secure ● Garbage collection ● Easy concurrency model Pros
- 12. ● No generics ● Poor library support ● Time-consuming to write Cons
- 13. Hello World! - Packages - Imports - Functions / main - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 14. Let’s do some math! - Imports - Exports - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 15. Let’s do some math! - Functions - Syntax -
- 16. Let’s do some math! - Shortened function parameters - Syntax -
- 17. Swappy swap - Multiple return types - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 18. Practice time! - Let’s code up a split number function! - Split the number 17 into 2 numbers - Syntax -
- 19. Practice time! - What is the return type? - Shorten this function’s return parameters - Syntax -
- 20. Practice time! - What is the return type? - Shorten this function’s return parameters - Syntax -
- 21. Let’s talk about variables! - Declaring - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 22. Let’s talk about variables! - Initializing - If we wanted to initialize var i, j to 1 and 2, what would it look like? - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 23. Let’s talk about variables! - Initializing - If we wanted to initialize var i, j to 1 and 2, what would it look like? - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 24. Let’s talk about variables! - Short var declarations - Used frequently - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 25. Loops - For loops - What does a typical for loop parameter look like for int i for (i < 10) comparisons? - What if we used a shortened var initialization to initialize i? What would it look like? Syntax -
- 26. Loops - For loops - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 27. Loops - While loop - Basically a shorted for loop - All material is pulled from https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1 (Official Go website) Syntax -
- 29. If statements You can shorten if statements that have preconditions Syntax -
- 30. How can you replicate the Sqrt function? You’ll need to use a for loop and declare extra variables! Template: Square roots Time for your own practice! Brain teaser https://tour.golang.org/flowcontrol/8
- 31. Discord Setup Steps - Overview 1. Set Up Discord Server 2. Create a new Discord Application - https://discord.com/developers/applications a. Create a new Discord Bot 3. Connect the Bot to your Server Let’s Dive in!! Let’s Build A Discord Bot
- 32. Repl.it Setup Steps - Overview 1. Create a new Repl within Repl.it https://replit.com/ 2. Import discordgo library : github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo 3. Add Discord bot’s token to repl Let’s Dive in!! Let’s Build A Discord Bot
- 33. Coding Time! Let’s Build A Discord Bot
- 34. Coding with Golang Sign in Thank you!