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Go Programming - From Beginner to Professional

Learn everything you need to build modern software using Go

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Sep 2024
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Description

Harness the power of Go through hands-on coding examples, covering basic to advanced topics like modules, database interfacing, RESTful APIs, concurrency, and beyond

Key Features

  • Leverage Go's standard library through practical examples and simplify development tasks using best practices
  • Master effective idiomatic Go syntax, including variables, functions, and loops, to handle data
  • Build fully functional web applications with capabilities such as database connectivity and RESTful API creation
  • Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Go Programming – From Beginner to Professional is a comprehensive guide that takes your proficiency in the Go programming language from novice to expert. Starting with fundamental concepts, this book covers variables, command-line tools, and working with data before delving into advanced concepts, including error handling, interfaces, and generics, harnessing Go’s latest features through hands-on exercises. Along the way, you’ll learn to structure projects using Go modules, manage packages effectively, and master debugging techniques.
As you progress, you’ll get to grips with practical application-centric aspects such as command-line programming, file manipulation, and working with SQL databases. Additionally, the book explores web server development, RESTful APIs, and utilizing the Go HTTP client to interact with web applications. Further enhancing your Go skills, you’ll learn concurrent programming, testing methodologies, Go tools, and how to deploy applications in the cloud. Throughout the book, you’ll uncover Go’s hidden gems and gain insights into time manipulation, best practices, and more.
By the end of this book, you’ll have worked through practical exercises and activities that’ll equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel as a proficient Go developer, primed for success in real-world projects.

What you will learn

  • Understand the Go syntax and apply it proficiently to handle data and write functions
  • Debug your Go code to troubleshoot development problems
  • Safely handle errors and recover from panics
  • Implement polymorphism using interfaces and gain insight into generics
  • Work with files and connect to popular external databases
  • Create an HTTP client and server and work with a RESTful web API
  • Use concurrency to design efficient software
  • Use Go tools to simplify development and improve your code

Who this book is for

Designed for both complete beginners in Go as well as professionals transitioning from another programming language, this book equips developers with skills needed to build real-world projects and launch their career in Go. With a step-by-step approach, beginners can grasp Go fundamentals even without prior programming experience, and gradually advance to idiomatic Go best practices, exploring the latest features of the language.

Table of Contents

  1. Very Valuable Variables
  2. Command and Control
  3. Data Rules!
  4. Get It Together with Complex Types
  5. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  6. Don't Panic! Handle Your Errors
  7. Get Flexible with Interfaces
  8. Generic Algorithm Superpowers
  9. Use Go Modules to Define a Project
  10. Packages Keep Projects Manageable
  11. Bug Busting Debugging Skills
  12. About Time
  13. Programming for the Command-Line
  14. Files and Systems
  15. SQL and Databases
  16. Web Servers
  17. Using the Go HTTP Client
  18. Concurrent Work
  19. Testing
  20. Using Go Tools
  21. Go in the Cloud
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Go-Programming-From-Beginner-to-Professional-Second-Edition-
PDF ISBN: 978-1-80324-630-7
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2024 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 680
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Programming and languages
BISAC subjects:
COM051000,
COM046000,
COM051440
Thema subjects:
UM,
UL

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