Effective Go (MEAP V04)

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Unlock Go’s unique perspective on program design, and start writing simple, maintainable, and testable Go code. In Effective Go you will learn how to Write idiomatic and easy-to-maintain Go programs from scratch Test Go according to best practices Spot common Go anti-patterns Create practical Go packages and applications Design and organize Go code and programs Understand what makes Go different from other languages Effective Go is a practical guide to writing high-quality code that’s easy to test and maintain. The book is full of best practices to adopt and anti-patterns to dodge. It explores what makes Go so dramatically different from other languages and how you can still leverage your existing skills into writing excellent Go code. Aimed at Go beginners looking to graduate to serious Go development, this book will help you write and test command line applications, web API clients and servers, concurrent programs, and more. about the technology Writing well-designed Go code takes more than just porting across skills you’ve learned in other languages. You’ll need to understand Go’s unique way of working to ensure your programs don’t spiral out of control. This book is the perfect primer on Go’s hidden mechanics that will help you code more effective Go. about the book Effective Go teaches you to write well-designed and maintainable code in Go. By concentrating on Go’s unique characteristics, you’ll learn how to stop fighting against the language and start delivering idiomatic code that’s simple, adaptable, and testable. You’ll learn how to deliver applications and how to extend code with robust testing. Easy-to-understand visualizations and step-by-step examples help explain Go’s complexities without oversimplification. about the reader For programmers who have learned the basics of Go. about the author Inanc Gumus has over 20 years of experience in software engineering. For the last four years, he has worked as a consultant for Go software architecture, focusing on best practices and testing. Inanc is also an open-source contributor to the official Go test package, and teaches Go through online courses, his blog, his Youtube channel, and GitHub repository with over 10,000 stars. Copyright_2023_Manning_Publications welcome 1_Warming_up 2_Getting_Started_with_Testing 3_Fighting_with_Complexity 4_Tidying_Up 5_Writing_a_Command-Line_Tool 6_Concurrent_API_Design 7_Designing_an_HTTP_Service