Golang Tutorial #3 - Go Pointers Explained

In this Golang tutorial for beginners I discuss Go Pointers. In order to learn Go programming it is important to have an understanding of pointers. Pointers in Go are way to store a reference to another variable. Why would you use pointers? Its all about Golang memory management and understanding whether your working with a variable or a copy of that variable. In fact good understanding of programming memory management is beneficial regardless of what language you are learning. Pointers are definitely on the list of Golang basics that you should add to your toolset.

This video explains what pointers are by using a visual illustration. I also dicuss how to use pointers with functions and how to use them for data validation. This is the 3rd video of my golang course /series

00:00 Intro
00:41 What are pointers? (Go Pointers explained)
03:43 Visual Illustration of Golang memory
06:33 Using pointers with functions
10:00 Using pointers for data validation

[MrAverageViewer]

Finally!! A clear & simple explanation in simple English!! AND, as importantly, your VISUAL EXPLANATION that really makes the concept even more understandable, and easier to mentally retain. Thanks for your clear, detailed, & easy-to-understand explanation!! Most all the other presenters (tech nerds) explain it with confusing technical jargon. It's rare to find technical concepts explained & illustrated with such clarity!! Much appreciated!!

[shopchicca]

Great tutorial thank you for the clear explanation 👍👍

[sniprick]

Great work on these videos! You should make one talking about the football throwing machine you worked on at some point. Super interesting!

[nantiyachomtee]

awesome, thanks a lot! Please release more Go Tutorials:)

[esoterictech]

Hi all, I'd love to get some feedback on the visual /digital illustration part of thie video. Do you think it was beneficial in helping you to understand pointers?

[hirato]

Subbed for more. Great explanation on pointers (even tho I'm too much of a dumbass to still comprehend pointers to the fullest)

[piyushmahapatra]

Nice bro but please use dark theme editor! Request

[jamshidbekyuldoshev]

Which Go frameworks do you recommend to learn?

[Jam-htky]

hi guys, girls and everythign in between! Dont get canceled XD