Chapter 1

Before you start

The repository and the leaderboard, before any Go.

~10 min total1 lessonsAssignment

By the end of this chapter you'll be able to

Why the assignments are pushed rather than just done
Step one: make the repository
Step two: the Committed app
Step three: join the Gopher League
Step four: the commit convention

Lessons

Module: Before you start

Before you start: a repository, and a leaderboard

Every chapter in this book ends with an assignment.

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Chapter assignment

Finish every assignment in Before you start

Each lesson in this part ends with its own assignment, named for the leaderboard. Finish them in order.

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Lesson 1 takes ~10 min.

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ch.2: The language