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Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs
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Perfect for beginners familiar with programming basics, this hands-on guide provides an easy introduction to Go, the general-purpose programming language from Google. Author Caleb Doxsey covers the language’s core features with step-by-step instructions and exercises in each chapter to help you practice what you learn.
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Paperback, 124 pages
Published
February 16th 2016
by O'Reilly Media
(first published January 25th 2016)
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The book brings a very introductory view of the Go programming language. The problem is that it seems to focus on Go as the first programming language, since it goes from the very first beginning explaining what is a variable a function etc.
This makes the book a little boring if you already know another programming language. It also makes the author to spend too much time with the basics and not much with Go particular features that makes the language stand, which are goroutines and channel. Tho ...more
This makes the book a little boring if you already know another programming language. It also makes the author to spend too much time with the basics and not much with Go particular features that makes the language stand, which are goroutines and channel. Tho ...more
A good introductory book for Go, which can be quickly consumed to get an idea about the language and its concepts.
I wouldn't suggest this book if you have no previous programming experience, it's more like an introduction book for people coming to GoLang from other programming languages.
For an introductory book, some chapters such as HTTP, TCP and PRC were completely unnecessary. These chapters were also quite weak, and the author simply skipped them with snippets with no explanation. ...more
I wouldn't suggest this book if you have no previous programming experience, it's more like an introduction book for people coming to GoLang from other programming languages.
For an introductory book, some chapters such as HTTP, TCP and PRC were completely unnecessary. These chapters were also quite weak, and the author simply skipped them with snippets with no explanation. ...more
Not bad for an introducing book.
I enjoyed reading this book on Go. I had to decide whether to give it 4 or 5.
This is a good introduction to the Go programming language in 100 pages.
The reasons I would give it 4 is that it seems to ramp up towards the end and might leave someone with less experience behind. I thought I found a couple of typos in the code in the later chapter, but that could just be my fingers!
So why did I give it 5? Quite simply, I read it in under 10 days and was able to get an appreciation of the language. ...more
This is a good introduction to the Go programming language in 100 pages.
The reasons I would give it 4 is that it seems to ramp up towards the end and might leave someone with less experience behind. I thought I found a couple of typos in the code in the later chapter, but that could just be my fingers!
So why did I give it 5? Quite simply, I read it in under 10 days and was able to get an appreciation of the language. ...more
If you're an experienced programmer in other languages, this book is NOT a good resource to start. The approach is for beginners, as it even explains what a variable is for example. If this is the case, the book is a good introduction to the craft (maybe not the first I would read though).
In case you are an experienced programmer and want to get to know Go and its differences with other languages, I recommend a different book, like Go in Action from Manning. ...more
In case you are an experienced programmer and want to get to know Go and its differences with other languages, I recommend a different book, like Go in Action from Manning. ...more
As an introductory book, this one is ok. I quite like the fact of being able go read a technical book in an afternoon, but that comes with obvious compromises. Don't expect to finish the book and start coding by yourself. The topics are not connected and you will need extra references to build anything real with the language.
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A very short book with what is, in my opinion, a very good introduction to the language. I had only heard of the language but never actually seen any code in go. This small book covers the basics very well.
It uses most of the common tropes used by introductory books like printing hello world so overall, the book is very approachable and recommended for any absolute beginner to the language
It uses most of the common tropes used by introductory books like printing hello world so overall, the book is very approachable and recommended for any absolute beginner to the language
As an introducing book it was quite ok. As with this book and recent programming books, they talk a lot about simple things and in the end when are more harder things only half of the page or less is used to make things clear.
Great reference for beginner, as the title stated. Only cover basic understanding to Go language. Straight forward and there are questions by the end of every section, so we can test our understanding by ourself. Recommended, for new comer.
A nearly minimalist introduction to Go, in print format. Some of the syntactic sugar feels glossed over, so a close reading is still require for readers previously using dynamically types languages with garbage collection.
Serves as a good introduction to the go language.
Pros: it can be read quickly to get the general understanding of the language.
Cons: We need to explore further before being able to write efficient go programs using its advanced features.
Pros: it can be read quickly to get the general understanding of the language.
Cons: We need to explore further before being able to write efficient go programs using its advanced features.
Before entering the world of go lang this book is must to read. A very small book which can give a tour through basic concepts of go. If a person is already a programmer in other technology then s\he can easily understand this book.
A good book, but a bit too simple for people experienced with any other programming language. Only got really interesting towards the end.
I suggest reading blog posts and go documentation instead which is roughly the equivalent of this book for experienced programmers.
I suggest reading blog posts and go documentation instead which is roughly the equivalent of this book for experienced programmers.
Good one as an introduction to the language. Don't try to expect much from this book. There is only basic explanation of the main concepts which can be an excellent starting point in learning Go.
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For the beginner, this is a good introduction to the language. For those with moderate programming experience, it should take an afternoon to work through.
Another edition of 'An Introduction to Programming in Go'
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too simple.
It's good to refresh your information about Go, but not that good for beginners because it needs more details and more aspects to cover
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Well.. Usual Golang book
Very introductory, but worth a quick check of fundamentals.
The book was good with its examples, but it didn't dig deep enough for me into golang when it came to go-routines and channels.
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Great summary treatment
I wish all programming books were this succinct. I guess that's a tribute to the Go language designers, too. Great stuff. ...more
I wish all programming books were this succinct. I guess that's a tribute to the Go language designers, too. Great stuff. ...more
Good intro, albeit a little light
Short and sweet.
I learned what I was supposed to I guess.
Good introduction
Quickly introduces key concepts but doesn’t get too bogged down in details and leaves that for a later book that you might read about Go.
Quickly introduces key concepts but doesn’t get too bogged down in details and leaves that for a later book that you might read about Go.
In nutshell, fantastic for beginner and waste of time for intermediate. "Go in action" would be better choice for intermediate level developer.
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This is the worst computing book I have read in a long time. Making a book an "intro for beginners" should not become a pretext for loosely and incompletely touching, in what appears like a semi random fashion, on the concepts of the language. Targeting it for beginners relieve the author of any moral obligation to make connections with other similar concepts from other languages, and calling it an intro gives him a convenient way to get away with a less that thorough review of these concepts. A
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It's ok for a first contact with the language, but it lacks some rigorousness and structure. Being a software engineer myself, I felt that many details are left out and I was missing important bits while going through the chapters. If it's intended for beginners that don't necessarily have previous programming experience, I think it's not basic enough, those kind of readers would get lost very easily. It seems as if the book tries to get to both beginners and programmers, but it fails at being g
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First half does an okay job introducing things, but when it dives into packages and what not it's random and a bit confusing. Spends about the same amount of time on everything, which is thorough for simple topics and basically skimming the surface for complex topics.
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