Introducing Go

Table of contents

1. Introduction
   1. Who Should Read This Book
   2. Navigating This Book
   3. Online Resources
   4. Conventions Used in This Book
   5. Using Code Examples
   6. Safari® Books Online
   7. How to Contact Us
2. 1. Getting Started
   1. Machine Setup
      1. Text Editors
      2. The Terminal
      3. Environment
      4. Go
   2. Your First Program
   3. How to Read a Go Program
   4. Exercises
3. 2. Types
   1. Numbers
      1. Integers
      2. Floating-Point Numbers
      3. Example
   2. Strings
   3. Booleans
   4. Exercises
4. 3. Variables
   1. How to Name a Variable
   2. Scope
   3. Constants
   4. Defining Multiple Variables
   5. An Example Program
   6. Exercises
5. 4. Control Structures
   1. The for Statement
   2. The if Statement
   3. The switch Statement
   4. Exercises
6. 5. Arrays, Slices, and Maps
   1. Arrays
   2. Slices
      1. append
      2. copy
   3. Maps
   4. Exercises
7. 6. Functions
   1. Your Second Function
   2. Variadic Functions
   3. Closure
   4. Recursion
   5. defer, panic, and recover
      1. panic and recover
   6. Pointers
      1. The * and & operators
      2. new
   7. Exercises
8. 7. Structs and Interfaces
   1. Structs
      1. Initialization
      2. Fields
   2. Methods
      1. Embedded Types
   3. Interfaces
   4. Exercises
9. 8. Packages
   1. The Core Packages
      1. Strings
      2. Input/Output
      3. Files and Folders
      4. Errors
      5. Containers and Sort
      6. Hashes and Cryptography
   2. Servers
      1. TCP
      2. HTTP
         1. RPC
      3. Parsing Command-Line Arguments
   3. Creating Packages
   4. Documentation
   5. Exercises
10. 9. Testing
    1. Exercises
11. 10. Concurrency
    1. Goroutines
    2. Channels
       1. Channel Direction
       2. Select
       3. Buffered Channels
    3. An Example
    4. Exercises
12. 11. Next Steps
    1. Study the Masters
    2. Make Something
    3. Team Up
13. A. Answers
14. Index