You're reading from System Programming Essentials with Go System calls, networking, efficiency, and security practices with practical projects in Golang

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837634132

Length 408 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Alex Rios

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction

2. Chapter 1: Why Go? FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Refreshing Concurrency and Parallelism

4. Part 2: Interaction with the OS

5. Chapter 3: Understanding System Calls

6. Chapter 4: File and Directory Operations

7. Chapter 5: Working with System Events

8. Chapter 6: Understanding Pipes in Inter-Process Communication

9. Chapter 7: Unix Sockets

10. Part 3: Performance

11. Chapter 8: Memory Management

12. Chapter 9: Analyzing Performance

13. Part 4: Connected Apps

14. Chapter 10: Networking

15. Chapter 11: Telemetry

16. Chapter 12: Distributing Your Apps

17. Part 5: Going Beyond

18. Chapter 13: Capstone Project – Distributed Cache

19. Chapter 14: Effective Coding Practices

20. Chapter 15: Stay Sharp with System Programming

21. Index

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Summary

In this chapter, we have explored the fundamental concepts and practical applications of UNIX sockets. We learned about UNIX sockets and their role in IPC on UNIX and UNIX-like systems. The chapter provided insights into how UNIX sockets differ from TCP/IP sockets, emphasizing their use for local, efficient IPC.

Through examples, you gained hands-on experience in creating and managing a UNIX socket server and client. Also, this chapter highlighted the efficiency of UNIX sockets in data transfer without network protocol overhead and their security aspects controlled by filesystem permissions.

This knowledge is vital for developing efficient and secure software systems, enhancing the reader’s ability to design and implement robust networked applications in IPC scenarios.

Looking ahead, the next chapter, Chapter 8, Memory Management, shifts our focus from IPC to the internal workings of the Go runtime and its garbage collector. We will explore how memory is allocated...