Insightful coverage of Go programming syntax, constructs, and idioms to help you understand Go code effectively
Push your Go skills, with topics such as, data types, channels, concurrency, object-oriented Go, testing, and network programming
Each chapter provides working code samples that are designed to help reader quickly understand respective topic
Description
The Go programming language has firmly established itself as a favorite for building complex and scalable system applications. Go offers a direct and practical approach to programming that let programmers write correct and predictable code using concurrency idioms and a full-featured standard library.
This is a step-by-step, practical guide full of real world examples to help you get started with Go in no time at all. We start off by understanding the fundamentals of Go, followed by a detailed description of the Go data types, program structures and Maps. After this, you learn how to use Go concurrency idioms to avoid pitfalls and create programs that are exact in expected behavior. Next, you will be familiarized with the tools and libraries that are available in Go for writing and exercising tests, benchmarking, and code coverage.
Finally, you will be able to utilize some of the most important features of GO such as, Network Programming and OS integration to build efficient applications. All the concepts are explained in a crisp and concise manner and by the end of this book; you would be able to create highly efficient programs that you can deploy over cloud.
Who is this book for?
If you have prior exposure to programming and are interested in learning the Go programming language, this book is designed for you. It will quickly run you through the basics of programming to let you exploit a number of features offered by Go programming language.
What you will learn
Install and configure the Go development environment to quickly get started with your first program.
Use the basic elements of the language including source code structure, variables, constants, and control flow primitives to quickly get started with Go
Gain practical insight into the use of Go s type system including basic and composite types such as maps, slices, and structs.
Use interface types and techniques such as embedding to create idiomatic object-oriented programs in Go.
Develop effective functions that are encapsulated in well-organized package structures with support for error handling and panic recovery.
Implement goroutine, channels, and other concurrency primitives to write highly-concurrent and safe Go code
Write tested and benchmarked code using Go's built test tools
Access OS resources by calling C libraries and interact with program environment at runtime
Vladimir Vivien's Learn Go Programming is a timely and practical hands-on guide to accelerate your learning curve with Google's fast growing program. Go is know for its ability to handle large, complex software in a team environment. Vladimir provides sample code, tips and warnings to help programmers at all levels avoid pitfalls. As a former IBM principal & E&Y consultant working with multinational corporations, I appreciate the value of what Vivien's Learn Go Programming can bring to individuals and large enterprise teams. Finally, as Director of Analytics and Continuous Improvement I see how Go plays a vital role for writing the code to manage complex server networks, needed to handle #big data, #machine learning and #IoT. I give Mr Vivien's Learn Go my highest recommendation
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Yemi YisaSep 25, 2021
5
Buy the book. I LOVE his writing style. Straight to the point, not confusing, and extremely easy to digest.
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IOA M DOUNISNov 03, 2018
5
I own dozens of programming language books and i have been programming for 24 years. This is one of the best introductory books i own on learning a new programming language, and the best, hands down, on the GO programming Language.If you want to learn programming in this powerful and wonderful language and you are already familiar with programming you must read this book first, the author is honest with his words, he wishes he had such a book when he begun learning GO, i wish the same!
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Manish kumarJul 01, 2018
5
really nice for begginers and in details
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Jason S ChvatApr 12, 2022
4
Good book overall. Straight forward, easy examples. My one issue is that it is literally riddled with typos and small code errors. I could tell based on previous programming experience where they were but if I didn't have the experience it could be very confusing
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