The Go programming language has firmly established itself as a favorite for building
complex and scalable system applications. Go offers a direct and practical approach
to programming that lets programmers write correct and predictable code using
concurrency idioms and a full-featured standard library.
What this learning path covers
Module 1, Learning Go programming, is a step-by-step, practical guide full of real
world examples to help you get started with Go in no time at all. We start off by
understanding the fundamentals of Go, followed by a detailed description of the
Go data types, program structures and Maps. After this, you learn how to use Go
concurrency idioms to avoid pitfalls and create programs that are exact in expected
behavior. Next, you will be familiarized with the tools and libraries that are available
in Go for writing and exercising tests, benchmarking, and code coverage.
Finally, you will be able to utilize some of the most important features of GO such
as, Network Programming and OS integration to build efficient applications. All the
concepts are explained in a crisp and concise manner and by the end of this module;
you would be able to create highly efficient programs that you can deploy over cloud.
Module 2, Go Design Patterns, will provide readers with a reference point to software
design patterns and CSP concurrency design patterns to help them build applications
in a more idiomatic, robust, and convenient way in Go.
The module starts with a brief introduction to Go programming essentials and
quickly moves on to explain the idea behind the creation of design patterns and
how they appeared in the 90's as a common "language" between developers to solve
common tasks in object-oriented programming languages. You will then learn how
to apply the 23 Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns in Go and also learn about CSP
concurrency patterns, the "killer feature" in Go that has helped Google develop
software to maintain thousands of servers.
With all of this the module will enable you to understand and apply design patterns
in an idiomatic way that will produce concise, readable, and maintainable software.
Module 3, Go Programming Blueprints - Second Edition, will show you how to leverage
all the latest features and much more. This module shows you how to build powerful
systems and drops you into real-world situations. You will learn to develop high-
quality command-line tools that utilize the powerful shell capabilities and perform
well using Go's in-built concurrency mechanisms. Scale, performance, and high
availability lie at the heart of our projects, and the lessons learned throughout this
module will arm you with everything you need to build world-class solutions. You
will get a feel for app deployment using Docker and Google App Engine. Each
project could form the basis of a start-up, which means they are directly applicable to
modern software markets.
