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I like GO because It implements cleanly such modern features as abstract data type, data encapsulation, object composition, interface, package, CSP model (Tony Hoare) concurrent programing, multi-value-return function, deferred function calls, garbage collection, exporting names by capitalization, simple but effective exception handling and memory model. It is a static type language. Higher abstract data types such as map (hash table), string, array and slice are built in to simplify memory management. Its syntax is succinct (only 25 keywords). Yet using it correctly can lead to powerful program constructs. Little redundancies are built into the language. As such, there are not many alternate ways to do one thing which leads to codes that are easy to understand and maintain. The designers deliberately choose to implement features to support object composition instead of inheritance, to handle exception where it happens instead of the throw and catch clauses, to use simple "struct literals" to initialize abstract data type instead of constructor functions, and "type" expression to help users consistently define user types, interface (abstract) type as a standard protocols to call different concrete-objects methods (the correct way to implement polymorphism). It does not have default arithmetic type conversion, and function name overloading, which together with class inheritance (function overwrite), constructor functions, throw-and-catch exception handling are the sources of needlessly programing complexity. Importantly, both procedure (functions and data structures) and object-oriented (objects and methods) methodologies can be used. There are just enough features that help make GO a pleasant language to write. All features are careful designed to work well together which facilitate a program model that is quite powerful, but simple to learn, reason, write, and support.
The book is well written by a GO expert programmer and a computer pioneer and noted author of programing books. Concepts are coherently and timely presented. Examples are usually not code fragments, but complete programs which can be compiled and run. Programs of complex concepts are presented in multiple versions from simpler to more elaborated ones. Like the efficient design of GO, the book is never overwritten. It is the most enjoyable programing book I have read in a long while.
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From the Publisher
Why You Should Learn Go with this Authoritative Guide
Flexible
Go bears a surface similarity to C and, like C, is a tool for professional programmers, achieving maximum effect with minimum means. But it is much more than an updated version of C.
Go borrows and adapts good ideas from many other languages, while avoiding features that have led to complexity and unreliable code.
Co-author Brian Kernighan was a co-creator of several programming languages and the co-author of one of the most popular programming books of all-time The C Programming Language.
General-purpose language
Go is especially well suited for building infrastructure like networked servers, and tools and systems for programmers, but it is truly a general-purpose language and finds use in domains as diverse as graphics, mobile applications, and machine learning.
The book features hundreds of interesting and practical examples of well-written Go code that cover the whole language, its most important packages, and a wide range of applications
Efficient
Go programs typically run faster than programs written in dynamic languages and suffer far fewer crashes due to unexpected type errors.
This book is meant to help you start using Go effectively right away and to use it well, taking full advantage of Go’s language features and standard libraries to write clear, idiomatic, and efficient programs.
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Customers find this Go programming book comprehensive and well-written, serving as an excellent guide to learning the language. The book provides a succinct overview of the language and includes ample code examples, with one customer noting a wonderful mix of cookbook-style examples. Customers appreciate its clarity, readability, and organization.
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102 customers mention content, 92 positive, 10 negative
Great book, great authors. Easy to read, has the fundamentals.Read more
An excellent book for someone who has had previous programming experience, particularly with C language.Read more
Good book :)Read more
...one of the best books I've read on Go, but also one of the best programming books I've read in general. It is easy to understand and well edited....Read more
84 customers mention informative, 65 positive, 19 negative
This is a superb reference and the FIRST book I would buy on the Go programming language... an instant classic.Read more
Informative and useful when trying to write Go when being a C programmerRead more
...Other than an overly long introductory chapter, it is brief, to the point, and accurate....Read more
This is NOT a beginners book! Assumes WAY to much programming knowledge....Read more
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This book is probably the best programming language book that I’ve read in the last 5-8 years....Read more
...I particularly like the chapters on concurrency, they are very clear and comprehensive.Read more
This is an awesome book for learning the Go language. It covers all the major areas of the language and has a lot of good example code to learn from....Read more
...Bravo for such nice concise examples. Great language too.Read more
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Well written and straight to the point. This book, together with the tour of go (on go.dev) is all one need to get started/migrate to go....Read more
...It is concise but also very complete.Read more
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Great book, great authors. Easy to read, has the fundamentals.Read more
...Every programming language needs an introductory book like this: clear and concise, thorough coverage of the entire language without being dense or...Read more
No better reference. Many clear and concise examples.Read more
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Easy intro to the Go Lang. While I tried to learn the basics from various source this book is the best there is.Read more
If you’re new to Go then this book is for you! Easy to follow examples and well organized.Read more
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Well written, well organized, excellent examples.Read more
The organization of the book is great. Starting from overall but simple, it goes deeper step-by-step....Read more
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Very well written with lots of interesting examples
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