# Go SDK developer guide

![Go SDK Banner](/img/assets/banner-go-temporal.png)

## Install and get started

You can find detailed installation instructions for the Go SDK in the [Quickstart](/develop/go/set-up-your-local-go).

There's also a short walkthrough of how to use the Temporal primitives (Activities, Workflows, and Workers) to build and run a Temporal application to get you up and running.

Once your local Temporal Service is set up, continue building with the following resources:

- [Workflow basics](/develop/go/workflows/basics)
- [Activity basics](/develop/go/activities/basics)
- [Start an Activity execution](/develop/go/activities/execution)
- [Run Worker processes](/develop/go/workers/run-worker-process)

From there, you can dive deeper into any of the Temporal primitives to start building Workflows that fit your use cases.

## [Workflows](/develop/go/workflows)

- [Workflow basics](/develop/go/workflows/basics)
- [Child Workflows](/develop/go/workflows/child-workflows)
- [Continue-As-New](/develop/go/workflows/continue-as-new)
- [Cancellation](/develop/go/workflows/cancellation)
- [Timeouts](/develop/go/workflows/timeouts)
- [Message passing](/develop/go/workflows/message-passing)
- [Selectors](/develop/go/workflows/selectors)
- [Side effects](/develop/go/workflows/side-effects)
- [Schedules](/develop/go/workflows/schedules)
- [Timers](/develop/go/workflows/timers)
- [Dynamic Workflow](/develop/go/workflows/dynamic-workflow)
- [Versioning](/develop/go/workflows/versioning)

## [Activities](/develop/go/activities)

- [Activity basics](/develop/go/activities/basics)
- [Activity execution](/develop/go/activities/execution)
- [Standalone Activities](/develop/go/activities/standalone-activities)
- [Timeouts](/develop/go/activities/timeouts)
- [Asynchronous Activity completion](/develop/go/activities/asynchronous-activity)
- [Dynamic Activity](/develop/go/activities/dynamic-activity)
- [Benign exceptions](/develop/go/activities/benign-exceptions)

## [Workers](/develop/go/workers)

- [Run a Worker](/develop/go/workers/run-worker-process)
- [Sessions](/develop/go/workers/sessions)
- [Serverless Workers](/develop/go/workers/serverless-workers)

## [Temporal Client](/develop/go/client)

- [Temporal Client](/develop/go/client/temporal-client)
- [Namespaces](/develop/go/client/namespaces)

## [Temporal Nexus](/develop/go/nexus)

- [Quickstart](/develop/go/nexus/quickstart)
- [Feature guide](/develop/go/nexus/feature-guide)

## [Platform](/develop/go/platform)

- [Observability](/develop/go/platform/observability)
- [Enriching the UI](/develop/go/platform/enriching-ui)

## [Best practices](/develop/go/best-practices)

- [Multithreading](/develop/go/best-practices/multithreading)
- [Context propagation](/develop/go/best-practices/context-propagation)
- [Error handling](/develop/go/best-practices/error-handling)
- [Debugging](/develop/go/best-practices/debugging)
- [Testing](/develop/go/best-practices/testing-suite)
- [Data handling](/develop/go/data-handling)

## Temporal Go Technical Resources

- [Go SDK Quickstart - Setup Guide](/develop/go/set-up-your-local-go)
- [Go API Documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/go.temporal.io/sdk)
- [Go SDK Code Samples](https://github.com/temporalio/samples-go)
- [Go SDK GitHub](https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-go)
- [Temporal 101 in Go Free Course](https://learn.temporal.io/courses/temporal_101/go/)

### Where are SDK-specific code examples? 

- [Background Check application](https://github.com/temporalio/background-checks): Provides a non-trivial Temporal
  Application implementation in conjunction with
  [application documentation](https://learn.temporal.io/examples/go/background-checks/).
- [Hello world application template in Go](https://github.com/temporalio/hello-world-project-template-go): Provides a
  quick-start development app for users. This sample works in conjunction with the
  ["Hello World!" from scratch tutorial in Go](https://learn.temporal.io/getting_started/go/hello_world_in_go/).
- [Money transfer application template in Go](https://github.com/temporalio/money-transfer-project-template-go):
  Provides a quick-start development app for users. It demonstrates a basic "money transfer" Workflow Definition and
  works in conjunction with the
  [Run your first app tutorial in Go](https://learn.temporal.io/getting_started/go/first_program_in_go/).
- [Subscription-style Workflow Definition in Go](https://github.com/temporalio/subscription-workflow-project-template-go):
  Demonstrates some of the patterns that could be implemented for a subscription-style business process.
- [eCommerce application example in Go](https://github.com/temporalio/temporal-ecommerce): Showcases a per-user shopping
  cart–style Workflow Definition that includes an API for adding and removing items from the cart as well as a web UI.
  This application sample works in conjunction with the
  [eCommerce in Go tutorial](https://learn.temporal.io/tutorials/go/build-an-ecommerce-app).

## Get Connected with the Temporal Go Community

- [Temporal Go Community Slack](https://temporalio.slack.com/archives/CTDTU3J4T)
- [Go SDK Forum](https://community.temporal.io/tag/go-sdk)