Description
Book SynopsisWrite your own efficient, performant, and lightweight programs using Go
Quickly start developing your own Google Go programs using the practical information contained in this engaging resource. Social media personalities Tanmay Bakshi and Baheer Kamal show, step by step, how to develop custom applications that fully utilize Goâs lightweight runtime and concurrency features.
Tanmay Teaches Go: The Ideal Language for Backend Developers teaches by doing. This book guides you through the development and programming processes and features detailed examples, code samples, and time-saving tips.
Inside, youâll learn to:
- Install Go on Windows, Linux, or macOS devices
- Get up and running with writing your own Go apps
- Define variables and use them in your programs
- Work with statements, functions, loops, and arrays
- Use Go modules to simplify program development
- Utilize built-in and third-party package
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
Why Go?
2 Quickstart
Installing Go
Basic Go Concepts
3 Go Modules
Using Built-in Packages
Using Third-Party Packages
Building Your Own Packages
4 Using Built-in Packages
Common Data Structures and Algorithms
Dijkstra’s Pathfinding
Conway’s Game of Life
Proof of Work
5 Concurrency
Concurrency, Threads, and Parallelism
Goroutines
Channels
Proof of Work: Part 2!
6 Interoperability
Why Is Interoperability Important?
Interoperating with C Code
Interoperating with Swift
Index
