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Programming in Go

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Go is one of the most impressive new programming languages. It was originally created to harness the power of modern multi-core processors. In this guide, Mark Summerfield, a pioneer in Go programming, demonstrates how to write programs that fully utilize its revolutionary capabilities and idioms. This book serves as both a textbook and a reference, consolidating all the knowledge necessary to continue mastering Go, think in Go, and write high-performance programs. The author provides numerous comparisons of programming idioms, showcasing the advantages of Go over older languages and paying special attention to key innovations. Beginning with the fundamentals, Mark Summerfield explains all aspects of concurrent programming in Go using channels and without locks, as well as demonstrating the flexibility and uniqueness of the approach to object-oriented programming with dynamic typing. The book is intended for programmers of varying skill levels who wish to learn and apply the Go language in their practice.

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Programming in Go, Mark Summerfield

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Title
Programming in Go
Language
English
Released
2015
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Paperback
Pages
475
ISBN10
0321774639
ISBN13
9780321774637
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Go is one of the most impressive new programming languages. It was originally created to harness the power of modern multi-core processors. In this guide, Mark Summerfield, a pioneer in Go programming, demonstrates how to write programs that fully utilize its revolutionary capabilities and idioms. This book serves as both a textbook and a reference, consolidating all the knowledge necessary to continue mastering Go, think in Go, and write high-performance programs. The author provides numerous comparisons of programming idioms, showcasing the advantages of Go over older languages and paying special attention to key innovations. Beginning with the fundamentals, Mark Summerfield explains all aspects of concurrent programming in Go using channels and without locks, as well as demonstrating the flexibility and uniqueness of the approach to object-oriented programming with dynamic typing. The book is intended for programmers of varying skill levels who wish to learn and apply the Go language in their practice.