Mastering Go - Second Edition: Create Golang production applications using network libraries, concurrency, machine learning, and advanced data structures

by Mihalis Tsoukalos

Overview

Publisher's Note: This edition from 2019 is outdated and is not compatible with the latest version of Go. A new third edition, updated for 2021 and featuring the latest in Go programming, has now been published.

Key Features

Second edition of the bestselling guide to advanced Go programming, expanded to cover machine learning, more Go packages and a range of modern development techniques

Completes the Go developer's education with real-world guides to building high-performance production systems

Packed with practical examples and patterns to apply to your own development work

Clearly explains Go nuances and features to remove the frustration from Go development

Book Description

Often referred to (incorrectly) as Golang, Go is the high-performance systems language of the future. Mastering Go, Second Edition helps you become a productive expert Go programmer, building and improving on the groundbreaking first edition.

Mastering Go, Second Edition shows how to put Go to work on real production systems. For programmers who already know the Go language basics, this book provides examples, patterns, and clear explanations to help you deeply understand Go's capabilities and apply them in your programming work.

The book covers the nuances of Go, with in-depth guides on types and structures, packages, concurrency, network programming, compiler design, optimization, and more. Each chapter ends with exercises and resources to fully embed your new knowledge.

This second edition includes a completely new chapter on machine learning in Go, guiding you from the foundation statistics techniques through simple regression and clustering to classification, neural networks, and anomaly detection. Other chapters are expanded to cover using Go with Docker and Kubernetes, Git, WebAssembly, JSON, and more.

If you take the Go programming language seriously, the second edition of this book is an essential guide on expert techniques.

What you will learn

Clear guidance on using Go for production systems

Detailed explanations of how Go internals work, the design choices behind the language, and how to optimize your Go code

A full guide to all Go data types, composite types, and data structures

Master packages, reflection, and interfaces for effective Go programming

Build high-performance systems networking code, including server and client-side applications

Interface with other systems using WebAssembly, JSON, and gRPC

Write reliable, high-performance concurrent code

Build machine learning systems in Go, from simple statistical regression to complex neural networks

Who this book is for:

Mastering Go, Second Edition is for Go programmers who already know the language basics, and want to become expert Go practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838559335
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	08/29/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	798
Sales rank:	905,343
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.59(d)

About the Author

Mihalis Tsoukalos holds a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Patras and an MSc in IT from University College London, UK. His previous books, Go Systems Programming and Mastering Go, have become a must-read for Unix and Linux systems professionals. He works as a Unix systems engineer, database administrator, and mathematician. He enjoys writing technical articles and has written for Sys Admin, MacTech, C/C++ Users Journal, USENIX; login: , Linux Journal, Linux User and Developer, Linux Format, and Linux Voice. His research interests include time series, indexing, and databases.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Go and the Operating System
2. Understanding Go Internals
3. Working with Basic Go Data Types
4. The Uses of Composite Types
5. How to Enhance Go Code with Data Structures
6. What You Might Not Know About Go Packages and functions
7. Reflection and Interfaces for All Seasons
8. Telling a Unix System What to Do
9. Concurrency in Go: Goroutines, Channels, and Pipelines
10. Concurrency in Go: Advanced Topics
11. Code Testing, Optimization, and Profiling
12. The Foundations of Network Programming in Go
13. Network Programming: Building Your Own Servers and Clients
14. Machine Learning in Go