After reading this chapter you should have a basic understanding of Go fundamentals such as what the keywords are, what they do, and what basic data types are available. You should also feel comfortable creating functions and custom data types.
The goal is not to memorize all of the preceding information, but to be aware of what tools are available in the language. Use this chapter as a reference if necessary. You can find more information about the Go language specification at https://golang.org/ref/spec.
In the next chapter, we will look at working with files in Go. We will cover basics such as getting file information, seeing whether a file exists, truncating files, checking permissions, and creating new files. We will also cover the reader and writer interfaces, as well as a number of ways to read and write data. In addition to this, we will cover things such as archiving...
