Name: Lab: Learn how to build a chat server in Go!
Start: 2015-05-18T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2015-05-18T21:30:00-04:00
Location: hack/reduce

Welcome to our first hands-on lab! Following up on our talk about concurrency, let's put our knowledge to use by learning how to build a chat server in Go. We'll break up into teams of ~6 or so, with a teaching assistant available at each table to help guide you through the curriculum.

You'll learn about how to create a TCP socket in Go, how to use channels to multiplex the chat connections, and finally: chat away with your table mates 1990s Unix talk style!

Bring a laptop and a Go environment (We'll send out a link with instructions and a Vagrant setup). Arrive a little early, and we can help get you set up!

Level of Go experience required: basic. This requires some basic Go experience, but not too much. You should know Go basics: e.g., the basic types, structs, and control flow structures. Other programming language experience and concepts (such as networking, etc) will be helpful. A good introduction to the basics of Go for people familiar with other programming language is available at: https://tour.golang.org. If you can get through this tour, you will be well-prepared for this meetup!

Please make sure you attend our Apr 28th meetup "Concurrency In Go" for a good background on concurrency primitives in Go. We'll also send out some materials beforehand.

PLEASE HELP: We need teaching assistants! If you have some Go experience and want to help out by acting as a Teaching Assistant for a table, please reach out to us jandre@gmail.com or send a message here.

REQUIREMENTS: Make sure you have a laptop and the repo cloned from here: https://github.com/bostongolang/golang-lab-chat (https://github.com/bostongolang/golang-lab-chat.). Please see the README.md for instructions on environment setup.

FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE PROVIDED. Contact me if you want to sponsor food or drink.

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