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DIY Self-Paced Courses

Learn Grit

Free, self-paced 30-minute courses that teach you how to build web, desktop, and mobile applications with the Grit framework. Pick a track and start building.

Free book: Go for JavaScript Developers

A textbook that teaches Go from scratch to someone who already ships React and Next.js, then builds real applications with Grit. Every concept starts from the JavaScript you already know, and every chapter ends with something you build.

Every chapter ends with an assignment you push to your own GitHub repository. Chapter 0 sets that up and gets you onto Gopher League, a leaderboard for developers learning Go together, where every commit, review and merged pull request scores.

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Learning Paths

Pick your kit, follow a path

Multi-chapter courses built around the seven Grit tech kits. Each has its own chapters, lessons, exercises, and end-of-chapter assignments — tuned for beginners and designed to be worked through in order.

Go, the Full Course

Every chapter of the book, as lessons, with the assignments.

7 ch59 lessons~13h
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Grit Concepts You Need to Know

The non-negotiables that make every Grit project click: start here.

7 ch44 lessons~6h
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Building a Go API

From `grit new --api` to a deployed, secured, observable production API.

6 ch19 lessons~2h
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Building Mobile with Go API

Expo + React Native + your own Grit API: shipping to iOS and Android.

5 ch13 lessons~2h
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Building Web with Next.js + Go API

The Triple kit: Next.js public site, Filament-style admin, Grit API.

5 ch14 lessons~2h
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Building Web with TanStack + Go API

The Vite + TanStack Router path: pure SPA, sub-second cold starts.

5 ch0 of 12 lessons~1h
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Building Desktop with Go API

Wails v2 + offline-first SQLite + auto-update + branded installers.

5 ch14 lessons~2h
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Building Web + Desktop + Mobile

One Go API powering all three surfaces: the kitchen-sink kit.

5 ch13 lessons~2h
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Load Testing with K6

Prove your API holds up before users find out it doesn't.

4 ch10 lessons~1h
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Security & Pen Testing for Grit APIs

OWASP Top 10, hands-on: attack your own API, then defend it.

5 ch11 lessons~1h
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Benchmarking Your Go Code

Go's built-in microbenchmarks, measure first, optimise second.

3 ch6 lessons~1h
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Start with Grit Concepts if you're new — every other path assumes it.

Focused Tutorials

Bite-sized walk-throughs

Shorter, focused tutorials on specific topics — pick one, finish in ~30 minutes, build something concrete.

Grit Web

Building Web Applications

9 courses~4.5 hours
  • 1Introduction to Grit
  • 2Your First Grit App
  • 3Code Generator Mastery
  • 4Authentication & Authorization
  • 5Admin Panel Customization
  • 6File Storage & Uploads
  • 7Background Jobs & Email
  • 8AI-Powered Features
  • 9Deploy to Production
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Grit Desktop

Building Desktop Applications

6 courses~3 hours
  • 1Your First Desktop App
  • 2Desktop CRUD & Data
  • 3Custom UI & Theming
  • 4Offline-First with Sync Engine
  • 5PDF & Excel Export
  • 6Build & Distribution
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Grit Mobile

Building Mobile Applications

5 courses~2.5 hours
  • 1Your First Mobile App
  • 2Mobile Auth & Navigation
  • 3API Integration & Offline
  • 4Push Notifications
  • 5Build & App Store
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Standalone Courses

Deep dives, practical builds, and specialized topics

Offline-First Desktop

Local SQLite + outbox + Git-style sync

30 min

Audit Log + Hash Chain

Tamper-evident activity tracking for SOC2

30 min

Feature Flags & A/B Testing

Sticky bucketing, percentage rollouts, realtime push

30 min

Webhook Receiver

Stripe / GitHub / HMAC verifiers + replay

30 min

CSV / Excel Export

Auto-generated per resource via grit generate

30 min

Realtime + WebSocket Hub

SendToUser, Broadcast, useRealtimeEvent

30 min

Batteries Included

Every feature that ships with Grit

30 min

API-Only Masterclass

Build & deploy a REST API with Go

30 min

Build a Fitness App

Go API + Expo React Native

30 min

API Docs: Scalar & Swagger

Auto-generated API documentation

30 min

Security Deep Dive

Auth, 2FA, WAF & rate limiting

30 min

Pulse Analytics

Tracing, metrics & monitoring

30 min

GORM Studio

The visual database browser

30 min

React + Vite + Go

Building with TanStack Router

30 min

Deployment Guide

Dokploy, Orbita, VPS & Vercel

30 min

Invoice Generator

Desktop app with Wails + PDF export

30 min

Testing Your Grit App

Go, Vitest & Playwright

30 min

Database Mastery

GORM models, migrations & queries

30 min

Real-Time Chat

WebSockets with grit-websockets

30 min

Stripe Payments

Subscriptions & billing for SaaS

30 min

CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Automated testing & deployment

30 min