Summary

Get Programming with Go introduces you to the powerful Go language without confusing jargon or high-level theory. By working through 32 quick-fire lessons, you'll quickly pick up the basics of the innovative Go programming language!

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

Go is a small programming language designed by Google to tackle big problems. Large projects mean large teams with people of varying levels of experience. Go offers a small, yet capable, language that can be understood and used by anyone, no matter their experience.

About the Book

Hobbyists, newcomers, and professionals alike can benefit from a fast, modern language; all you need is the right resource! Get Programming with Go provides a hands-on introduction to Go language fundamentals, serving as a solid foundation for your future programming projects. You'll master Go syntax, work with types and functions, and explore bigger ideas like state and concurrency, with plenty of exercises to lock in what you learn.

What's inside

Language concepts like slices, interfaces, pointers, and concurrency
Seven capstone projects featuring spacefaring gophers, Mars rovers, ciphers, and simulations
All examples run in the Go Playground - no installation required!

About the Reader

This book is for anyone familiar with computer programming, as well as anyone with the desire to learn.

About the Author

Nathan Youngman organizes the Edmonton Go meetup and is a mentor with Canada Learning Code. Roger Pepp� contributes to Go and runs the Newcastle upon Tyne Go meetup.

Table of Contents

Unit 0 - GETTING STARTED

Get ready, get set, Go

Unit 1 - IMPERATIVE PROGRAMMING

A glorified calculator
Loops and branches
Variable scope
Capstone: Ticket to Mars

Unit 2 - TYPES

Real numbers
Whole numbers
Big numbers
Multilingual text
Converting between types
Capstone: The Vigen�re cipher

Unit 3 - BUILDING BLOCKS

Functions
Methods
First-class functions
Capstone: Temperature tables

Unit 4 - COLLECTIONS

Arrayed in splendor
Slices: Windows into arrays
A bigger slice
The ever-versatile map
Capstone: A slice of life

Unit 5 - STATE AND BEHAVIOR

A little structure
Go's got no class
Composition and forwarding
Interfaces
Capstone: Martian animal sanctuary

Unit 6 - DOWN THE GOPHER HOLE

A few pointers
Much ado about nil
To err is human
Capstone: Sudoku rules

Unit 7 - CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING

Goroutines and concurrency
Concurrent state
Capstone: Life on Mars

�ber die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nathan Youngman is a self-taught web developer and lifelong learner. He serves as organizer for the Edmonton Go meetup, mentor for Canada Learning Code, and paparazzi for VIP gopher plushies.

Roger Peppe is a Go contributor, maintains a number of open source Go projects, runs the Newcastle upon Tyne Go meetup, and works on Go cloud infrastructure software.

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