Learning Go: An Idiomatic Approach to Real-World Go Programming

Having written Go full-time for over a year, I picked up the book to get some tips and pointers. The book goes into exactly the right level of detail I was looking for, and it even points to several blog posts and books, which worked as great starting points for learning even more.

Deze beoordeling gaat alleen over de "Print kwaliteit" van het boek dit is ontzettend slecht.Was de inkt op?Zeker voor deze prijs inhoud moet ik nog lezen om daar een oordeel over tegeven.

Great book, particularly liked that it shares information about the memory layout, garbage collection and why the code suggested is indeed idiomatic to Go. I got the book as I am picking up the language for a new project at work.

This is the best overview of Golang out there. If you want to learn the ins and outs of Go, and how to make sure your code is IDIOMATIC and understandable to other go devs, this is the book for you.The author walks you through various Go features and syntax, comparing it with similar features in other languages and noting the differences. He even explains how certain features work before telling you to never use them in your own code haha. It's really valuable to not only learn all the capabilities of the latest version of Go, but to also get direction by an experienced user on what should be preferred and what should be avoided. That's where this book shines.The latest edition adds exercises at the end of each chapter too, and that's so helpful for getting some of this stuff into your brain.Highly recommend this for any programmer who wants to dip their toes in the world of Gophers, and enjoys learning things in depth from a textbook.

The author does a very nice job of discussing all the features of Go, the good and the bad. I read about a third of this book before storing it away on my bookshelf. This is not a reflection on the book's content but simply that there are too many "watch out for this", "don't do this", "this is a common error", and "the compiler won't check for this" aspects of Go that convinced me to avoid this language. There may someday be a Go: The Good Parts book but, until then, if you need to learn Go then I think this is an excellent book that will help you produce the best code possible.