# Welcome to "Learn Go"

*This course assumes you're familiar with programming basics. If you're new to coding check out our [Learn Python course](https://boot.dev/learn/learn-python) first.*

![golang gopher](https://go.dev/blog/gopher/header.jpg)

## Booting up the "Textio" server

All the code you write in this course is part of a larger product: an SMS API called "Textio". Textio sends text messages over the internet, it's basically a cute Twilio clone.

Assignment: log `starting Textio server` to the console instead of `hello world`.