Learning Go
Go is rapidly becoming the preferred language for building web services. While there are plenty of tutorials available that teach Go's syntax to developers with experience in other programming languages, tutorials aren't enough. They don't teach Go's idioms, so developers end up recreating patterns that don't make sense in a Go context. This practical guide provides the essential background you need to write clear and idiomatic Go. No matter your level of experience, you'll learn how to think like a Go developer. Author Jon Bodner introduces the design patterns experienced Go developers have adopted and explores the rationale for using them. You'll also get a preview of Go's upcoming generics support and how it fits into the language.
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- In case no one has mentioned it, Learning Go, an Idiomatic approach to real world programming, by Jon Bodner is my favorite Go related book and one of my favorite programming books in general.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Learning_Go.html?id=vjA...
- > assumes that I already know about variables, operators, functions, Boolean expressions, et al.
Learning Go by Jon Bodner is a good choice. It seems to assume that Go is the reader's second (or tenth) language.
- Learning Go by Jon Bodner, particularly the newest edition, is also excellent.
An aside: are there any other Go books, particularly ones the explore more specific topics, that are recommended? I've read a few that I didn't find very impressive.
- 'Learning Go' by Jon Bodner [0] was the book I chose. A front-to-back reading got me up to speed with the language.
[0]: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-go-2nd/9781098...
- Go contexts are something that I found confusing for a while. I had assumed they were much more complicated than they actually are. I read the context section in Jon Bodner's Learning Go and realized they are actually pretty simple and I was just over thinking them.
- Learning Go by Jon Bodner is a great introduction.
Learn Go with tests helped me a lot too: https://quii.gitbook.io/learn-go-with-tests/
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