Arundel John. For the Love of Go (Go 1.23 edition)

Arundel John (self-published), 2024. — 270 p.Hello, and welcome to Learning Go! It's great to have you here. This is the bundled edition of ‘For the Love of Go’, a book introducing the Go programming language, suitable for complete beginners. If you don't know anything about Go yet, or programming, but would like to learn, you're in the right place! If you already know something about Go, you should still find the course and book fun and interesting.About the bookThroughout the book we'll be working together to develop a fun and useful project in Go: an online bookstore called Happy Fun Books!Each chapter introduces a new feature or concept, and sets you some goals to achieve, with complete, step-by-step explanations of how to solve them, and full code listings with accompanying tests.What you'll learn:By reading this book and working through all the challenges and exercises, you'll learn:How to write tests in Go and how to develop projects test-first.
How to manage data in Go using built-in types, user-defined struct types, and collections such as maps and slices.
How to use objects to model problems in Go, and how to add behavior to objects using methods.
How to use pointers to write methods for objects, and how to use types and validation to make your Go packages a delight to use.
How to build powerful, flexible programs using control structures like loops and functions.Even more importantly, you’ll learn a simple, fun, and effective way to approach software engineering projects in Go. Even though the material is beginner-friendly, you’ll be mastering intermediate and advanced techniques such as test-driven development (TDD) and learning to design modules, packages, and APIs. These are essential skills in any modern software engineering role.