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Go programming language / by Wei-Meng Lee.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: --For dummiesPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: x, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119786191
  • 1119786193
Other title:
  • Go programming language for dummies [Cover title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
Getting started with Go. Hello, Go! ; Working with different data types ; Making decisions ; Over and over and over: using loops ; Grouping code into functions -- Working with data structures. Slicing and dicing using arrays and slices ; Defining the blueprints of your data using structs ; Establishing relationships using maps ; Encoding and decoding data using JSON ; Defining method signatures using interfaces -- Multitasking in Go. Threading using Goroutines ; Communicating between Goroutines using channels -- Organizing your code. Using and creating packages in Go ; Grouping packages in modules -- Seeing Go in action. Consuming web APIs using Go ; Getting ready to serve using REST APIs ; Working with databases -- The part of tens. Ten useful Go packages to create applications ; Ten great Go resources.
Summary: "This book walks with you as you take your first steps in the fast-growing coding language, Go. You'll work through all the basics, and then you'll build job-ready skills for making applications that work in the cloud! Go is great at scooping up data from around the web and putting it into users' hands. With this book at your side you'll become adept at accessing, structuring, and serving data by writing applications that are easy to maintain and understand."--Back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Computer Science & Coding for Adults
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 005.133 L482 Available 33111010514640
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ready, set, program with Go!

Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It's one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions, organizing data, building packages, and interfacing with APIs.

Go--or GoLang, as it's also known--has proven to be a strong choice for developers creating applications for the cloud-based world we live in. This book will put you on the path to using the language that's created some of today's leading web applications, so you can steer your career where you want to Go!

Learn how Go works and start writing programs and modules Install and implement the most powerful third-party Go packages Use Go in conjunction with web services and MySQL databases Keep your codebase organized and use Go to structure data

With this book, you can join the growing numbers of developers using Go to create 21st century solutions. Step inside to take start writing code that puts data in users' hands.

"Learning made easy"--Cover.

Includes index.

Getting started with Go. Hello, Go! ; Working with different data types ; Making decisions ; Over and over and over: using loops ; Grouping code into functions -- Working with data structures. Slicing and dicing using arrays and slices ; Defining the blueprints of your data using structs ; Establishing relationships using maps ; Encoding and decoding data using JSON ; Defining method signatures using interfaces -- Multitasking in Go. Threading using Goroutines ; Communicating between Goroutines using channels -- Organizing your code. Using and creating packages in Go ; Grouping packages in modules -- Seeing Go in action. Consuming web APIs using Go ; Getting ready to serve using REST APIs ; Working with databases -- The part of tens. Ten useful Go packages to create applications ; Ten great Go resources.

"This book walks with you as you take your first steps in the fast-growing coding language, Go. You'll work through all the basics, and then you'll build job-ready skills for making applications that work in the cloud! Go is great at scooping up data from around the web and putting it into users' hands. With this book at your side you'll become adept at accessing, structuring, and serving data by writing applications that are easy to maintain and understand."--Back cover.

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