Go in Action

by Brian Ketelsen, Erik St. Martin, William Kennedy

Released November 2015

Publisher(s): Manning Publications

ISBN: 9781617291784

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Book description

Go in Action introduces the Go language, guiding you from inquisitive developer to Go guru. The book begins by introducing the unique features and concepts of Go. Then, you'll get hands-on experience writing real-world applications including websites and network servers, as well as techniques to manipulate and convert data at speeds that will make your friends jealous.

About the Technology

Application development can be tricky enough even when you aren't dealing with complex systems programming problems like web-scale concurrency and real-time performance. While it's possible to solve these common issues with additional tools and frameworks, Go handles them right out of the box, making for a more natural and productive coding experience. Developed at Google, Go powers nimble startups as well as big enterprises'companies that rely on high-performing services in their infrastructure.

About the Book
Go in Action is for any intermediate-level developer who has experience with other programming languages and wants a jump-start in learning Go or a more thorough understanding of the language and its internals. This book provides an intensive, comprehensive, and idiomatic view of Go. It focuses on the specification and implementation of the language, including topics like language syntax, Go's type system, concurrency, channels, and testing.

What's Inside

Language specification and implementation
Go's type system
Internals of Go's data structures
Testing and benchmarking

About the Reader

This book assumes you're a working developer proficient with another language like Java, Ruby, Python, C#, or C++.

About the Authors

William Kennedy is a seasoned software developer and author of the blog GoingGo.Net. Brian Ketelsen and Erik St. Martin are the organizers of GopherCon and coauthors of the Go-based Skynet framework.

Quotes
A concise and comprehensive guide to exploring, learning, and using Go.
- From the Foreword by Steve Francia, Creator of Hugo

This authoritative book is a one-stop shop for anyone just starting out with Go.
- Sam Zaydel, RackTop Systems

Brilliantly written; a comprehensive introduction to Go. Highly recommended.
- Adam McKay, SUEZ

This book makes the uncommon parts of Go understandable and digestible.
- Alex Vidal, HipChat at Atlassian