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| title: "Two New Tutorials for 1.18" |
| date: 2022-01-14 |
| by: |
| - Katie Hockman, for the Go team |
| summary: Two new tutorials have been published in preparation for the release of Go 1.18. |
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| |
| We will be releasing Go 1.18 soon, and this release includes a few new concepts |
| for Go. We have published two new tutorials to help introduce you to these |
| upcoming features. |
| |
| The first new [tutorial will help you get started with |
| generics](/doc/tutorial/generics). This tutorial walks you through |
| creating a generic function that can handle multiple types, and calling it from |
| your code. Once you’ve created a generic function, you’ll learn about type |
| constraints, and write some for your function. Also consider checking out the |
| [GopherCon talk about |
| generics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35eIxI_n5ZM&t=1755s) to learn more. |
| |
| The second new [tutorial will help you get started with |
| fuzzing](/doc/tutorial/fuzz). This tutorial demonstrates how |
| fuzzing can find bugs in your code, and walks through the process of diagnosing |
| and fixing the issues. In this tutorial, you will write code that has a few bugs |
| and use fuzzing to find, fix, and verify the bugs using the go command. Special |
| thanks to Beth Brown for her work on the fuzzing tutorial! |
| |
| Go 1.18 Beta 1 was released last month, which you can get by visiting the |
| [downloads page](/dl/#go1.18beta1). |
| |
| See the full [draft release notes for Go |
| 1.18](https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.18) for more details about what to expect |
| in the release. |
| |
| As always, if you notice any problems, please [file an |
| issue](/issue/new). |
| |
| We hope you enjoy the tutorials, and we look forward to everything to come in |
| 2022! |
