## Recommendations

If you're new to Go, we recommend following the tutorial while consulting the language spec. Then read Effective Go, as it addresses many common beginner questions.

## Reference Materials

Keep these under your pillow.

### Package Documentation

The built-in documentation for the Go standard library.

### Command Documentation

The built-in documentation for the Go tools.

### Language Specification

The official Go Language specification.

### The Go Memory Model

A document that specifies the conditions under which reads of a variable in one goroutine can be guaranteed to observe values produced by writes to the same variable in a different goroutine.

## Tutorials

### A Tutorial for the Go Programming Language

The first tutorial. An introductory text that touches upon several core concepts: syntax, types, allocation, constants, I/O, sorting, printing, goroutines, and channels.

### Effective Go

A document that gives tips for writing clear, idiomatic Go code. A must read for any new Go programmer. It augments the tutorial and the language spec, both of which should be read first.

### Codelab: Writing Web Applications

This codelab takes the reader through the creation of a simple wiki web application. It touches on structs, methods, file I/O, http, regular expressions, and closures.

### Go for C++ Programmers

An introduction to Go for C++ programmers.

### How to write Go code

How to write a new package and how to test code.

## Tutorials in languages other than English

### Eine Anleitung zum Programmieren in Go

A German translation of the Go Tutorial.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Go FAQ

Answers to common questions about Go.

### Language Design FAQ

Answers to common questions about the design decisions behind Go.

### Programming FAQ

Answers to common questions about programming with Go.

## Development

### Contributing to the Go project

How to contribute changes to the Go project.

### Roadmap

Features and ideas being developed or discussed by the Go team.

### Release History

A summarization of the changes between tagged releases of Go.

## Videos

### The Go Tech Talk

An hour-long talk delivered by Rob Pike at Google in October 2009. The language's first public introduction. (See the slides in PDF format.) The language has changed since it was made, but it's still a good introduction.

### gocoding YouTube Channel

A YouTube channel that includes screencasts and other Go-related videos:

- Screencast: Writing Go Packages - writing, building, and distributing Go packages.

### The Go Promo Video

A short promotional video featuring Russ Cox demonstrating Go's fast compiler.

## Codewalks

### Share Memory By Communicating

A demonstration of the practical use of goroutines and channels.

### How to write a Codewalk

A self-describing Codewalk.

## Blog Posts

Articles about Go from external blogs.

### Go articles at research!rsc

Posts labelled 'Go' by Russ Cox, one of the core Go developers.

### Programming articles at Airs

Posts labelled 'Programming' by Ian Lance Taylor, one of the core Go developers.