Tanmay Teaches Go: The Ideal Language for Backend Developers

1st Edition
1264258143 · 9781264258147
Write 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 Kam… Read More
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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
Write 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 Go’s 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, you’ll 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 packages
  • Write custom packages that fit your programming needs
  • Understand classic structures and algorithms
  • Improve performance using Go routines and concurrency
  • Import external code—even code not written in Go!