Summary
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.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and
ePub formats from Manning Publications.
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
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.
Table of Contents
- Introducing Go
- Go quick-start
- Packaging and tooling
- Arrays, slices, and maps
- Go's type system
- Concurrency
- Concurrency patterns
- Standard library
- Testing and benchmarking
