The authoritative resource to writing clear and idiomatic Go to solve real-world problems
Google’s Go team member Alan A. A. Donovan and Brian Kernighan, co-author of The C Programming Language, provide hundreds of interesting and practical examples of well-written Go code to help programmers learn this flexible, and fast, language. It is designed to get you started programming with Go right away and then to progress on to more advanced topics.
Basic components: an opening tutorial provides information and examples to get you off the ground and doing useful things as quickly as possible. This includes:
command-line arguments
gifs
URLs
web servers
Program structure: simple examples cover the basic structural elements of a Go program without getting sidetracked by complicated algorithms or data structures.
Data types: Go offers a variety of ways to organize data, with a spectrum of data types that at one end match the features of the …
The authoritative resource to writing clear and idiomatic Go to solve real-world problems
Google’s Go team member Alan A. A. Donovan and Brian Kernighan, co-author of The C Programming Language, provide hundreds of interesting and practical examples of well-written Go code to help programmers learn this flexible, and fast, language. It is designed to get you started programming with Go right away and then to progress on to more advanced topics.
Basic components: an opening tutorial provides information and examples to get you off the ground and doing useful things as quickly as possible. This includes:
command-line arguments
gifs
URLs
web servers
Program structure: simple examples cover the basic structural elements of a Go program without getting sidetracked by complicated algorithms or data structures.
Data types: Go offers a variety of ways to organize data, with a spectrum of data types that at one end match the features of the hardware and at the other end provide what programmers need to conveniently represent complicated data structures.
Composite types:
arrays
slices
maps
structs
JSON
test and HTML templates
Functions: break a big job into smaller pieces that might well be written by different people separated by both time and space.
Methods:
declarations
with a pointer receiver
struct embedding
values and expressions
Interfaces: write functions that are more flexible and adaptable because they are not tied to the details of one particular implementation.
Concurrent programming: Goroutines, channels, and with shared variables.
Packages: use existing packages and create new ones.
Automated testing: write small programs that check the code.
Reflection features: update variables and inspect their values at run time.
Low-level programming: step outside the usual rules to achieve the highest possible performance, interoperate with libraries written in other languages, or implement a function that cannot be expressed in pure Go.
Each chapter has exercises to test your understanding and explore extensions and alternatives. Source code is freely available for download and may be conveniently fetched, built, and installed using the go get command.
The Go programming language by Alan A. A. Donovan is a must-read for any developer looking to learn a new language or improve their skills. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Go programming language, covering everything from the basics of syntax and data types to more advanced topics such as concurrency and memory management. The author's writing style is clear and easy to follow, and the many examples and exercises throughout the book help to reinforce the material. I particularly appreciated the emphasis on best practices and the discussion of common pitfalls to avoid. This book is an excellent resource for anyone looking to learn Go or to improve their existing Go skills
I can definitely recommend this book to anybody wanting to learn Go. It contains lots of helpful examples and does a great job at explaining Go's concepts. It doesn't only show you the syntax, but also how something works under the hood.
Additionally, it's full of helpful advice and best practices.
