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title: "Learn Watermill"
description: "Resources to help you learn and master Watermill for building event-driven applications in Go."
date: 2024-09-15T10:00:00+00:00
lastmod: 2024-09-15T10:00:00+00:00
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  title: "Learn Watermill - Go Event-Driven Applications"
  description: "Complete learning resources for Watermill - guides, examples, and community resources for building event-driven applications in Go."
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learning_options:
  - title: "Watermill Quickstart"
    subtitle: "Code along"
    description: "Learn how to build an event-driven application in Go, coding in your own IDE."
    link: "/learn/quickstart/"
    new: true
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  - title: "Getting Started Guide"
    subtitle: "Read"
    description: "Start with a guide that covers core concepts of Watermill in a few minutes."
    link: "/learn/getting-started/"
    icon: '<svg width="48" height="48" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M2 3h6a4 4 0 0 1 4 4v14a3 3 0 0 0-3-3H2z" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/><path d="M22 3h-6a4 4 0 0 0-4 4v14a3 3 0 0 1 3-3h7z" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>'
    icon: '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="48" height="48" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-book" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M1 2.828c.885-.37 2.154-.769 3.388-.893 1.33-.134 2.458.063 3.112.752v9.746c-.935-.53-2.12-.603-3.213-.493-1.18.12-2.37.461-3.287.811zm7.5-.141c.654-.689 1.782-.886 3.112-.752 1.234.124 2.503.523 3.388.893v9.923c-.918-.35-2.107-.692-3.287-.81-1.094-.111-2.278-.039-3.213.492zM8 1.783C7.015.936 5.587.81 4.287.94c-1.514.153-3.042.672-3.994 1.105A.5.5 0 0 0 0 2.5v11a.5.5 0 0 0 .707.455c.882-.4 2.303-.881 3.68-1.02 1.409-.142 2.59.087 3.223.877a.5.5 0 0 0 .78 0c.633-.79 1.814-1.019 3.222-.877 1.378.139 2.8.62 3.681 1.02A.5.5 0 0 0 16 13.5v-11a.5.5 0 0 0-.293-.455c-.952-.433-2.48-.952-3.994-1.105C10.413.809 8.985.936 8 1.783"/></svg>'

  - title: "Examples"
    subtitle: "Try out"
    description: "Real-world examples and patterns for CQRS, the outbox pattern, SSE, and other use cases."
    link: "https://github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill/tree/master/_examples"
    icon: '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="48" height="48" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-terminal" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M6 9a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h3a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1h-3A.5.5 0 0 1 6 9M3.854 4.146a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708L4.793 6.5 3.146 8.146a.5.5 0 1 0 .708.708l2-2a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.708z"/> <path d="M2 1a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v10a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V3a2 2 0 0 0-2-2zm12 1a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v10a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H2a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V3a1 1 0 0 1 1-1z"/></svg>'

deeper_options:
  - title: "Go Event-Driven"
    description: "An in-depth online training on Event-Driven Architecture."
    link: "https://threedots.tech/event-driven/?utm_source=watermill-learn"
    icon: '<svg width="76" height="76" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1000 1000" xmlns="https://vecta.io/nano" fill="#4f46e5"><path d="M370.73 308.36l331.77.97c8.39 0 12.26 10.33 6.13 15.81l-156.2 138.78c-8.71 7.75-21.62 7.75-30.34 0L364.92 323.85c-6.45-5.16-2.58-15.49 5.81-15.49zM98.99 455.21c0-10.65 8.71-19.36 19.36-19.36h73.26c10.65 0 19.36 8.71 19.36 19.36h0c0 10.65-8.71 19.36-19.36 19.36h-73.26c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36h0zm-4.2 61.32h96.82c10.65 0 19.36 8.71 19.36 19.36s-8.71 19.36-19.36 19.36H94.79c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36s8.71-19.36 19.36-19.36zm96.83 119.41H75.11c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36h0c0-10.65 8.71-19.36 19.36-19.36h116.51c10.65 0 19.36 8.71 19.36 19.36h0c0 10.65-8.71 19.36-19.36 19.36zM860 617.22c0 50.67-40.99 91.66-91.66 91.66h-538c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36v-33.89c0-10.65 8.71-19.36 19.36-19.36h38.08c10.65 0 19.36-8.71 19.36-19.36h0c0-10.65-8.71-19.36-19.36-19.36h-38.08c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36v-3.23c0-10.65 8.71-19.36 19.36-19.36h38.08c10.65 0 19.36-8.71 19.36-19.36s-8.71-19.36-19.36-19.36h-38.08c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36v-3.23c0-10.65 8.71-19.36 19.36-19.36h38.08c10.65 0 19.36-8.71 19.36-19.36h0c0-10.65-8.71-19.36-19.36-19.36h-38.08c-10.65 0-19.36-8.71-19.36-19.36v-88.11c0-16.78 20.01-25.82 32.6-14.2l271.74 250.44c10.97 10 27.76 10 38.73 0l273.36-250.77c12.26-11.3 32.6-2.58 32.6 14.2v288.85z"></path></svg>'

  - title: "Discord Community"
    description: "Join our Discord community to get help and discuss Watermill and related topics."
    link: "https://discord.gg/QV6VFg4YQE"
    external: true
    icon: '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="48" height="48" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-chat-left-dots" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M14 1a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v8a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H4.414A2 2 0 0 0 3 11.586l-2 2V2a1 1 0 0 1 1-1zM2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v12.793a.5.5 0 0 0 .854.353l2.853-2.853A1 1 0 0 1 4.414 12H14a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V2a2 2 0 0 0-2-2z"/><path d="M5 6a1 1 0 1 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0m4 0a1 1 0 1 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0m4 0a1 1 0 1 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0"/></svg>'

  - title: "GitHub Repository"
    description: "Read the source code, contribute, report issues, and stay up to date."
    link: "https://github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill"
    external: true
    icon: '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="48" height="48" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-github" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path d="M8 0C3.58 0 0 3.58 0 8c0 3.54 2.29 6.53 5.47 7.59.4.07.55-.17.55-.38 0-.19-.01-.82-.01-1.49-2.01.37-2.53-.49-2.69-.94-.09-.23-.48-.94-.82-1.13-.28-.15-.68-.52-.01-.53.63-.01 1.08.58 1.23.82.72 1.21 1.87.87 2.33.66.07-.52.28-.87.51-1.07-1.78-.2-3.64-.89-3.64-3.95 0-.87.31-1.59.82-2.15-.08-.2-.36-1.02.08-2.12 0 0 .67-.21 2.2.82.64-.18 1.32-.27 2-.27s1.36.09 2 .27c1.53-1.04 2.2-.82 2.2-.82.44 1.1.16 1.92.08 2.12.51.56.82 1.27.82 2.15 0 3.07-1.87 3.75-3.65 3.95.29.25.54.73.54 1.48 0 1.07-.01 1.93-.01 2.2 0 .21.15.46.55.38A8.01 8.01 0 0 0 16 8c0-4.42-3.58-8-8-8"/></svg>'
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