Go Programming Language For Dummies

by Wei-Meng Lee

Ready, set, program with Go!

Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It's one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions, organizing data, building packages, and interfacing with APIs.

Go--or GoLang, as it's also known--has proven to be a strong choice for developers creating applications for the cloud-based world we live in. This book will put you on the path to using the language that's created some of today's leading web applications, so you can steer your career where you want to Go!

Learn how Go works and start writing programs and modules Install and implement the most powerful third-party Go packages Use Go in conjunction with web services and MySQL databases Keep your codebase organized and use Go to structure data With this book, you can join the growing numbers of developers using Go to create 21st century solutions. Step inside to take start writing code that puts data in users' hands.

Genres: Technology, Reference, Programming

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 6, 2021

Reviews

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

After a quick browse at my library for books on the Go Language programming language, this is the book I found. This book will give you the basic syntax, including for concurrency features, in short and understandable demonstrations. Though it did include what you would need to put together a rudimentary REST application, including database access, it did so at the cost of leaving out file manipulation and any broader tour of the standard libraries. I found its coverage of Go pointers, slices, and arrays clear, which was good. I am not sure this book exemplified the best programming style; for example the structure of the web application example was as one monolithic function. I think somebody could get started on Go with this book, but if I was working with them, I think I wouldn't be comfortable having this be their first reference without a fair amount of guidance. Overall, if you're in my situation: you're a working programmer at the library and want to find an introductory tutorial, this should suffice.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's Go Time

This was a great book on learning Go. It was still a great book.

Would recommend for those wanting to learn this great programming language.

3.9/5

[Uroš · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book to go noobs.