Cloud Native Go

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Cloud Native Go guides developers in building large-scale cloud applications that can dynamically adapt to high demands. Authors Kevin Hoffman and Dan Nemeth delve into the modern cloud-native application, detailing the essential factors, disciplines, and habits for rapid and reliable development. The book introduces Go, a high-performance language well-suited for cloud development. Readers will learn to create microservices in Go, integrate front-end components using ReactJS and Flux, and master advanced cloud-native techniques. Key topics include establishing a continuous delivery pipeline using tools like Wercker, Docker, and Dockerhub, automatically deploying apps to leading platforms, and effectively monitoring app performance in production. The authors emphasize the importance of mindset and discipline in developing quality cloud software. Readers will discover how to plan for continuous delivery and deployment, design service ecosystems with a test-first approach, and utilize Event Sourcing and CQRS patterns to manage high volume and throughput. Additionally, the book covers securing cloud-based web applications, creating reactive applications with third-party messaging providers, building scalable GUIs with React and Flux, and monitoring dynamic scaling, failover, and fault tolerance in the cloud.