--- title: How to Get Started Coding in Golang | daily.dev description: A beginner's guide to Go (Golang) covering installation on WSL/Ubuntu and core language fundamentals. Topics include variable declaration and type inference,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-started-coding-in-golang-6wbhpagp8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Get Started Coding in Golang | daily.dev og:description: A beginner's guide to Go (Golang) covering installation on WSL/Ubuntu and core language fundamentals. Topics include variable declaration and type inference,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-started-coding-in-golang-6wbhpagp8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6wbhPAgp8.png og:image:alt: How to Get Started Coding in Golang og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Get Started Coding in Golang **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@njong_emy](https://daily.dev/njong_emy) · 22 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A beginner's guide to Go (Golang) covering installation on WSL/Ubuntu and core language fundamentals. Topics include variable declaration and type inference, string formatting with the fmt package, arrays vs slices, for loops and the range keyword, functions with single and multiple return values, maps and their reference-type behavior, structs as an alternative to maps for mixed-type data, and package scope for organizing multi-file Go projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#data-structures](https://daily.dev/tags/data-structures) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-started-coding-in-golang-6wbhpagp8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Get Started Coding in Golang","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-started-coding-in-golang-6wbhpagp8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-started-coding-in-golang-6wbhpagp8"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T17:13:41.894Z","dateModified":"2026-03-13T14:00:58.139Z","description":"A beginner's guide to Go (Golang) covering installation on WSL/Ubuntu and core language fundamentals. Topics include variable declaration and type inference,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0414d0dafecee74f5befbde331e011e9?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0414d0dafecee74f5befbde331e011e9?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"freeCodeCamp","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Njong Emy","url":"https://daily.dev/njong_emy","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81039882?v=4","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":170}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-started-coding-in-golang-6wbhpagp8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"golang,data-structures","timeRequired":"PT22M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"freeCodeCamp","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Get Started Coding in Golang"}]} ```