Go Lang in Depth

Go, a modern and efficient programming language, is rapidly gaining popularity for building robust and scalable applications. This book, Go Lang in Depth, instills you with the knowledge and skills to master Go, from its fundamental building blocks to advanced concepts.

This Go programming book provides a detailed guide, starting from basic syntax and data structures to advanced concepts like concurrency and error handling. It teaches you how to build applications, including console apps, REST APIs, and web apps using popular frameworks like Gin and Beego. You will also explore creating real-world projects, such as a CRM system, and understand advanced topics like dependency injection, SOLID principles, and Docker containerization. The book covers performance optimization with profiling and benchmarking, ensures application security with authentication and cryptography, and explains design patterns and best practices for building scalable, secure web applications.

By the end of this book, you will be equipped to write clean, concurrent, and performant Go code. You will understand how to design and implement complex functionalities, leverage Go's powerful features effectively, and tackle real-world programming challenges.

KEY FEATURES  

• From beginner to advanced, this book covers all aspects of Go programming.
• Learn by implementing practical examples and real-world projects.
• Follow industry best practices for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable Go code.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Practical approach with hands-on exercises, real-world examples, and practical projects.
• Gain a thorough understanding of Go's core concepts, including concurrency, error handling, and testing.
• Learn to containerize Go applications with Docker and deploy them to production environments.
• Implement security measures and optimize the performance of your Go applications.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Whether you are a software engineer, data scientist, or system administrator, this book will help you harness the power of Go to build efficient, scalable, and reliable applications. No prior knowledge of Go is required, but a basic understanding of programming concepts will be beneficial.

1. Go Fundamentals
2. Advanced Features of Go
3. Go Console Applications
4. Building REST API
5. Go Web Apps
6. RPC Apps with gRPC
7. Go Real Life Applications—CRM
8. Go Concurrent Apps
9. Go Dependency Injection and SOLID
10. Containerization and Docker
11. Go Microservices
12. Adding Security and IAM
13. Go Design Patterns—Part 1
14. Go Design Patterns—Part 2
15. Go Performance Tuning Patterns
16. Go Web App Blueprints
17. Go Mobile Applications Blueprints

Bhagvan Kommadi has around 21 years of experience and is currently working as a chief information officer. He is responsible for creating and managing the company's IT strategy, operations, and resources. He is responsible for the alignment of the company’s goals and objectives with IT strategy and operations. He ensures that the IT performance operates at high productivity and delivers high business value to the customers and employees. He establishes policies and the best practices in the company, using the right IT governance to meet compliance requirements. He is responsible for ensuring IT infrastructure’s data quality, integrity, and security standards.

He has a Master’s in Industrial Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1997) and a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1993). He is an individual member of Oracle JCP. He has published papers on IEEE, JIMR, Johr Online, and the Association of Data Scientists (ADaSci) on the latest technologies. He is a TEDx Speaker and has presented at EuroPython, Pycon, ClueCon Weekly, World RPA Conference, and Avios conferences. He has written Packt Publishing - Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Go and Paytech book on The Payment Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs, and FinTech Visionaries He has worked extensively in FinTech Space in various verticals such as banking, financial services, and insurance.

Bhagvan has worked for Fortune 500 companies, including JPMC, Fidelity, Oracle, Siebel, Citi, American Express, ING, ENBD, Pacific Corp, and Kaiser Permanente. He has provided technology and business process reengineering consulting guidance and implemented various new-generation platforms for business enablement.

Bhagvan founded Quantica Computacao, the first quantum computing startup in India. Markets and Markets has positioned Quantica Computacao in the ‘Emerging Companies’ section of Quantum Computing quadrants. The company's focus is on developing quantum cryptographic tools that will be able to provide quantum-proof data security, which will help banking institutions protect their transactions.

He contributes to open-source projects, blogs, and the latest technology stacks such as Go, Python, Django, Node.js and Java, Mysql, Postgres, Mongo, and Cassandra. He has reviewed the Manning book Machine Learning with TensorFlow. He has written Data Structures and Algorithms with Golang (Packt) and Quantum Computing Solutions (Apress). He has presented at IEEE, Avios, Astricon, Devcon, and PyCon on topics such as Adaptive Learning and AI Coder.