Golang: The Ultimate Guide

Go, often known as GoLang, is a Google-developed open source, compiled, and statically typed computer language. Go is a general-purpose programming language with a straightforward syntax and a large standard library. The building of highly accessible and scalable web apps is one of the primary areas where GoLang is widely used. It may be used to develop command-line programmes, desktop applications, and even mobile apps.

In 2007, Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson at Google created the Go programming language with a focus on simplicity and speed. In 2012, it became an open-source project and was made publicly available and gained popularity quickly and is now one of the most widely used modern programming languages.

Go was designed from the ground up for networking and infrastructure-related applications. It was developed as a replacement of popular server-side languages like Java and C++. The Go programming language aims to combine the efficiency and safety of a statically typed, compiled language with the simplicity of programming of an interpreted, dynamically typed language. It also aspires to be cutting-edge, with networked and multicore computer capabilities.

Why Should You Learn GoLang?

GoLang has been one of the most popular languages, which means that learning it can open up new doors of opportunity and even help you land a job at various companies that use Go extensively.

Ease of writing the concurrent programs, fast compilation, simple syntax, static linking are some of the features that make Go an ideal candidate for development of various applications.

In This Book

• Step by step approach to problem solving and skill development
• A quick run-through of the basic concepts, in the form of a Crash Course
• Advanced, hands-on core concepts, with a focus on real-world problems
• Industry level coding paradigm, practice-oriented explanatory approach
• Special emphasis on writing clean and optimized code, with additional chapters focused on coding methodology