Go Recipes for Developers: Practical techniques for building robust and modern Go applications

Master Golang programming by working through recipes covering network services, data processing, and system design and proven techniques for building robust applications using Go's standard library and modern language features

Key Features

Discover easy-to-implement recipes for all types of programming projects

Learn idiomatic solutions to common problems

Gain comprehensive knowledge of core Go concepts

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book DescriptionWith its simple syntax and sensible conventions, Go has emerged as the language of choice for developers in network programming, web services, data processing, and other settings. This practical guide helps engineers leverage Go through up-to-date recipes that solve common problems in day-to-day programming. Drawing from three decades of distributed systems engineering and technical leadership at companies like Red Hat, Burak Serdar brings battle-tested expertise in building robust, scalable applications.

He starts by covering basics of code structure, describing different approaches to organizing packages for different types of projects. You’ll discover practical solutions to engineering challenges in network programming, dealing with processes, databases, data processing pipelines, and testing. Each chapter provides working solutions and production-ready code snippets that you can seamlessly incorporate into your programs while working in sequential and concurrent settings. The solutions leverage the more recent additions to the Go language, such as generics and structured logging. Most of the examples are developed using the Go standard library without any third-party packages.

By the end of this book, you’ll have worked through a collection of proven recipes that will equip you accelerate your Go development journey. What you will learn

Understand how to structure projects

Find out how to process text with Go tools

Discover how to work with arrays, slices, and maps

Implement robust error handling patterns

Explore concurrent data processing for Go programs

Get up to speed with how to control processes

Integrate Go applications with databases

Understand how to test, benchmark, and profile Go programs

Who this book is forThis book is for developers with a foundational knowledge of Go who want to deepen their understanding through practical examples. Junior developers can use this book to reinforce key concepts, while senior developers will find it valuable as a quick reference for applying Go to various real-world scenarios. Whether you're building high-performance applications, exploring Go’s concurrency model, or optimizing existing code, this book provides actionable insights tailored to different experience levels.