Learning Go Programming

by Vladimir Vivien

Key FeaturesInsightful coverage of Go programming syntax, constructs, and idioms to help you understand Go code effectivelyPush your Go skills, with topics such as, data types, channels, concurrency, object-oriented Go, testing, and network programmingEach chapter provides working code samples that are designed to help reader quickly understand respective topicBook DescriptionThe 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.

What you will learnInstall 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 GoGain 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 codeWrite tested and benchmarked code using Go's built test toolsAccess OS resources by calling C libraries and interact with program environment at runtimeAbout the AuthorVladimir Vivien (@vladimirvivien) is a software engineer living in the United States. He is a previously published author and has written code in languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, C to name a few. Vladimir has work in diverse industries including technology, publishing, financial, and healthcare. After years of building enterprise systems using Java, Vladimir came to Go for its simplicity and stayed for its concurrency and fast build time. Vladimir continues to use Go as his primary language to build and create open source software (

Table of ContentsA First Step in GoGo Language EssentialsGo Control FlowData TypesFunctions in GoGo Packages and ProgramsComposite TypesMethods, Interfaces, and ObjectsConcurrencyData IO in GoWriting Networked ServicesCod

Genres: Programming

525 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 26, 2016

Reviews

[Don Albrecht · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, this book was well laid out with a straight forward approach to introducing Golang. It was definitely targeted at someone who had programmed before as it focused on those features that make Go special as opposed to a more general introduction to basic concepts. I also appreciated that Vladimir Vivien assumed nothing about what language you were coming from.

He also does a pretty solid job of introducing you to idiomatic go. I finished the book feeling like I had sufficient depth to dive into a coding project without too much learning curve ahead of me. I quickly realized that the book fell short in two areas for me. First, the coverage of package handling and management was inadequate. I also probably would have benefited from the coverage of testing being more integrated with and earlier in the text. These are both minor grievances considering how expansive the topic covered in the book is and how clearly the majority of the material is covered.

[Utsob Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

গতানুগতিক বই। অর্থাৎ বইতে অনেক এক্সাম্পল থাকে কিন্তু সেগুলো দেখানোর জন্য। প্র্যাকটিসের কোনো তাড়া থাকে না। পড়া হয় বেশি সে তুলনায় কোড করা হয় কম। রিফ্রেশার হিসেবে এইধরণের বই ভালো। তাছাড়া লেখা বেশ সাবলীল ছিল।