game-of-life

Beginner Programming with Golang - Conways Game of Life

Who is this tutorial for?

• Programming beginners and people with programming experience who want to learn the language
• One of the core aspects of go is simplicity and clarity

Content:

• Setting up a simple project
• Learn basic structures like variables, functions, loops, if statements
• How to include a 3rd party library
• Apply learnings to a simple project

Setup new project (hello world)

• Show where to find installation instructions
• Choose any editor of your choice
• Create directory and go file
• Run file from the terminal

Introduction conways game of life

• Matrix of cells (like a spreadsheet, columns and rows)
• Cells become alive or dead depending on their 9 neighbours

Create a first generation of cells and print them (randomly)

• Variables (Arrays)
• Loops
• Printing

Create next generation of cells and print them (rules)

• If statements
• Functions

Include 3rd party library tcell for rendering

• Dependencies
• How to read documentation of 3rd party libraries
• Render on screen