Golang for jobseekers : unleash the power of go programming for career advancement / Hairizuan Bin Noorazman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bin Noorazman, Hairizuan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cloud computing.

Go (Computer program language).

Web.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 pages)

Edition:

First edition, English edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : BPB Online, [2023]

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive guide to the Go programming language, designed for job seekers and those looking to enhance their software engineering skills. Authored by Hairizuan Bin Noorazman, an experienced DevOps engineer and Google Developer Expert, the book provides practical insights into the fundamentals of Go, including data types, structures, and algorithms. It also delves into advanced topics such as building REST APIs, deploying applications in both virtual machines and containers, and understanding microservices architectures. The book is particularly aimed at fresh graduates and individuals with prior programming experience, intending to equip readers with the knowledge needed to excel in technical interviews and real-world software development scenarios. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Book title

Inner title

Copyright

Dedicated

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Acknowledgements

Preface

Code Bundle and Coloured Images

Piracy

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Understanding Golang and its Potential

Introduction

Structure

Objectives

Characteristics of Golang Programming Language

Statically typed

Garbage collection

Cross-compilation

"Batteries Included" standard library

Version guarantees

What kind of development work is Golang used in?

Web applications

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Major applications written with Golang

Docker

Kubernetes

CockroachDB

Companies that use Golang

Cloudflare

Monzo

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Golang Fundamentals

Golang playground

Installing and running Golang locally

Main function in main package

Imports

Variable initialization

Basic types

List

Maps

Writing functions

Structs

Interfaces

Loops

Public versus private

Using "Go" verb

Channels

Errors

Chapter 3: Exploring Data Structures

Singly linked list

Doubly linked list

Circular linked list

Stack

Queue

Binary tree

Hashed maps

Chapter 4: Understanding Algorithms

Big O notation

Sorting algorithms and their importance

Bubble sort

Merge sort

Quick sort

Binary search

Dynamic programming

Chapter 5: Getting Comfortable with Go Proverbs

The bigger the interface, the weaker the interface

Make the zero value useful

interface{} says nothing

Gofmt's style is no one's favorite, yet everyone's favorite

Errors are values.

Do not just check errors, handle them gracefully

Documentation is for users

Do not panic

Accept interfaces, return structs

Never use global variables

Chapter 6: Building REST APIs

Why learn to build REST APIs?

HTTP verbs

HTTP status codes

Building a "Hello World" REST API Golang application

Building a URL shortener

Chapter 7: Testing in Golang

Why build tests?

Test-driven development

Writing a simple unit test

Table driven tests

Mocking

Setup and teardown of environments within tests

HTTP testing

Golden files

Chapter 8: Deploying a Golang Application in a Virtual Machine

Using SSH

Using SCP

Using Systemd to run the Golang application

Debugging the Golang application on the server

Real-life deployments with virtual machines

Chapter 9: Deploying a Containerized Golang Application

Docker basics

Docker command basics

Building a Golang application in a Docker container

Using Docker compose on a local workstation

Using docker-compose on a virtual machine

Deploying the application via Kubernetes

Chapter 10: Microservices with Golang Applications

What are microservices, and why are microservices?

Demo-ing an application stack with multiple applications via docker-compose

Demo-ing an application with multiple applications in Kubernetes

Chapter 11: Introduction to Monitoring and Logging

Why monitoring and logging are important?

Introduction to Prometheus.

Instrumenting an application with metrics to be consumed by Prometheus

Viewing metrics on Prometheus

Quick word on logging

Chapter 12: Adding Concurrency in Golang Application

Concurrency features in Golang

Exchanging messages and persisting it locally

Using channels to receive interrupts in a program

Live reload of configurations

Parallelize parts of an application

Chapter 13: What is Next?

GRPC-alternative communication protocols

SRE principles for reliable applications

Profiling

Working with data storage

Embedding files

Generics

Fuzzing

Index

Back title.

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ISBN:

9789355518538

9355518536

9789355518491

9355518498

OCLC:

1389611872