The Way to Go: A Thorough Introduction to the Go Programming Language

Balbaert, Ivo

ISBN 10: 1469769166 / ISBN 13: 9781469769165

Published by iUniverse, 2012

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.9. Seller Inventory # G1469769166I4N00

Synopsis:

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the new open source programming language Go (in its first stable and maintained release Go 1) from Google. The language is devised with Java / C#-like syntax so as to feel familiar to the bulk of programmers today, but Go code is much cleaner and simpler to read, thus increasing the productivity of developers. You will see how Go: simplifies programming with slices, maps, structs and interfaces incorporates functional programming makes error-handling easy and secure simplifies concurrent and parallel programming with goroutines and channels And you will learn how to: make use of Go's excellent standard library program Go the idiomatic way using patterns and best practices in over 225 working examples and 135 exercises This book focuses on the aspects that the reader needs to take part in the coming software revolution using Go.

About the Author: Ivo Balbaert obtained a Ph.D. in Physics and has worked for some 20 years in the field of business software engineering, both as a programmer and project manager. He now teaches programming and databases at CVO-Antwerpen, a graduate institute for Informatics in Antwerp (Belgium), where he also resides.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Way to Go: A Thorough Introduction to ...
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket