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| title: LearnConcurrency |
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| This page links to resources for learning about concurrency in Go. The items are presented in order, from beginner material to advanced topics. |
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| ## Beginner |
| - Read [Effective Go: Concurrency](https://go.dev/doc/effective_go#concurrency) |
| - Watch [Simulating a real-world system in Go](https://www.dotconferences.com/2017/11/sameer-ajmani-simulating-a-real-world-system-in-go) |
| - Study [The Go Programming Language Specification](https://go.dev/ref/spec), especially |
| - [Go statements](https://go.dev/ref/spec#Go_statements) |
| - [Channel types](https://go.dev/ref/spec#Channel_types) |
| - [Send statements](https://go.dev/ref/spec#Send_statements) |
| - [Receive operator](https://go.dev/ref/spec#Receive_operator) |
| - [Select statements](https://go.dev/ref/spec#Select_statements) |
| - Code [A Tour of Go: Concurrency](http://tour.golang.org/concurrency/1) |
| - Read the [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)](https://go.dev/doc/faq), especially |
| - [Why build concurrency on the ideas of CSP?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#csp) |
| - [Why goroutines instead of threads?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#goroutines) |
| - [Why are map operations not defined to be atomic?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#atomic_maps) |
| - [What operations are atomic? What about mutexes?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#What_operations_are_atomic_What_about_mutexes) |
| - [Why doesn't my program run faster with more CPUs?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#parallel_slow) |
| - [How can I control the number of CPUs?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#number_cpus) |
| - [What happens with closures running as goroutines?](https://go.dev/doc/faq#closures_and_goroutines) |
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| ## Intermediate |
| - Study [Go by Example](https://gobyexample.com) from [goroutines](https://gobyexample.com/goroutines) through [stateful goroutines](https://gobyexample.com/stateful-goroutines) |
| - Watch [Go Concurrency Patterns](https://talks.golang.org/2012/concurrency.slide#1) |
| - Watch [A Practical Guide to Preventing Deadlocks and Leaks in Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EW1hZ8DVyw) |
| - Read [Share Memory By Communicating](https://go.dev/blog/share-memory-by-communicating) and do the [codewalk](https://go.dev/doc/codewalk/sharemem/) |
| - Read [Go Concurrency Patterns: Timing out, moving on](https://go.dev/blog/go-concurrency-patterns-timing-out-and) |
| - Watch [Concurrency is not Parallelism](http://talks.golang.org/2012/waza.slide#1) |
| - Read [Go Concurrency Patterns: Pipelines and Cancellation](https://go.dev/blog/pipelines) |
| - Read [Rethinking Classical Concurrency Patterns](/wiki/Go-Community-Slides#rethinking-classical-concurrency-patterns) |
| - Study [Package sync](https://pkg.go.dev/sync/) |
| - Read [Introducing the Go Race Detector](https://go.dev/blog/race-detector) |
| - Watch [Go: code that grows with grace](http://talks.golang.org/2012/chat.slide#1) |
| - Read [Mutexes and Semaphores Demystified](http://www.barrgroup.com/Embedded-Systems/How-To/RTOS-Mutex-Semaphore) |
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| ## Advanced |
| - Watch [Advanced Go Concurrency Patterns](https://go.dev/blog/advanced-go-concurrency-patterns) |
| - Read [Advanced Go Concurrency Patterns](http://talks.golang.org/2013/advconc.slide#1) |
| - Read [Go Concurrency Patterns: Context](https://go.dev/blog/context) |
| - Study [The Go Memory Model](https://go.dev/ref/mem) |
| - Study [Package atomic](https://pkg.go.dev/sync/atomic/) |
| - Read [Principles of Designing Go APIs with Channels](https://inconshreveable.com/07-08-2014/principles-of-designing-go-apis-with-channels/) |
| - Read [Advanced Go Concurrency Primitives](https://encore.dev/blog/advanced-go-concurrency) |
| - Watch [The Scheduler Saga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRO5WQGh0k) |
| - Read [The Scheduler Saga](https://speakerdeck.com/kavya719/the-scheduler-saga) |
| - Watch [Understanding Channels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZlN0izeiY) |
| - Read [Understanding Channels](https://speakerdeck.com/kavya719/understanding-channels) |
