Go Programming in Depth: From Basics to Advanced Techniques

di Julian Pryce (Autore)

Julian Pryce, 2025

Master Go Programming from Fundamentals to Production-Ready Applications Go Programming in Depth is your complete guide to mastering one of the most in-demand programming languages in modern software development. Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced developer, this book provides a structured path to proficiency. Go powers the cloud-native infrastructure behind Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Prometheus. Its simplicity, exceptional performance, and built-in concurrency make it ideal for scalable backend systems, microservices, and distributed applications. What You Will Learn Master Go's clean syntax, type system, and control structures before advancing to complex data types including slices, maps, structs, and pointers. Learn Go's signature feature: concurrency with goroutines and channels for building high-performance concurrent applications. Build HTTP servers and RESTful APIs, work with JSON serialization, interact with SQL databases safely, and implement TCP/IP networking protocols. Advanced chapters cover performance optimization using profiling and benchmarking, comprehensive testing strategies, and production deployment with Docker. Why This Book Stands Apart This book explains not just how to write Go code but why certain patterns are idiomatic. Every concept builds progressively with hundreds of practical, tested code examples. Learn Go's unique approach to object-oriented programming through composition and interfaces, its explicit error handling philosophy, and how to organize large-scale projects effectively. Coverage includes the sync package for synchronization, the context package for managing lifecycles, advanced concurrency patterns including worker pools and rate limiters, and production concerns like structured logging and graceful shutdown. Comprehensive Topics Go installation, modules, and build system. Variables, types, operators, and control flow. Functions with multiple return values and error handling. Arrays, slices, maps, structs, and pointers. Methods, interfaces, and polymorphism. Package organization and code structure. String manipulation with Unicode support. File I/O and filesystem operations. Testing, benchmarking, and coverage. Goroutines, channels, and synchronization. Advanced concurrency and context package. JSON serialization. HTTP servers and clients. Database access. TCP/IP and UDP networking. Performance optimization and profiling. Production deployment and monitoring. Who Should Read This Book Absolute beginners with no prior programming experience are welcome. Developers transitioning from Python, Ruby, or JavaScript will appreciate clear explanations of Go's unique features. Programmers from Java, C++, or C# backgrounds will discover Go's refreshing simplicity while mastering its powerful concurrency model. Intermediate Go developers seeking deeper expertise will find advanced topics and production best practices invaluable. Build Real-World Skills By the end, you will confidently build web servers with middleware and routing, RESTful APIs with proper error handling, concurrent systems processing thousands of tasks simultaneously, database-backed applications with safe query practices, network services using custom protocols, and production-ready systems with logging, metrics, and health checks. Go represents a pragmatic, modern approach to software engineering that prioritizes clarity, performance, and maintainability. This book prepares you for contemporary software development demands and the thriving Go job market.

• Autore: Julian Pryce
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Julian Pryce
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232080594