Use methods and interfaces in Go

Beginner

Developer

Student

Azure

Learn about best practices for writing methods and interfaces in Go.

Learning objectives

In this module, you'll learn about:

How Go implements OOP principles such as encapsulation and composition.
How to write methods and why you use them.
How to write embedding and overloading methods.
How to write and use interfaces, and why they differ from interfaces in other programming languages.

A Go environment that's ready to create applications. Ideally, you've installed and configured Go and Visual Studio Code with the Go extension.
Ability to create and modify .go files.
Ability to run Go applications by using the terminal prompt.
Knowledge of basic data types such as string, int, and boolean.
Knowledge of writing basic data control flows such as if and for statements.
Knowledge of writing functions.
Knowledge of creating structs.