--For dummies

"Learning made easy"--Cover

Getting started with Go. Hello, Go! ; Working with different data types ; Making decisions ; Over and over and over: using loops ; Grouping code into functions -- Working with data structures. Slicing and dicing using arrays and slices ; Defining the blueprints of your data using structs ; Establishing relationships using maps ; Encoding and decoding data using JSON ; Defining method signatures using interfaces -- Multitasking in Go. Threading using Goroutines ; Communicating between Goroutines using channels -- Organizing your code. Using and creating packages in Go ; Grouping packages in modules -- Seeing Go in action. Consuming web APIs using Go ; Getting ready to serve using REST APIs ; Working with databases -- The part of tens. Ten useful Go packages to create applications ; Ten great Go resources

"This book walks with you as you take your first steps in the fast-growing coding language, Go. You'll work through all the basics, and then you'll build job-ready skills for making applications that work in the cloud! Go is great at scooping up data from around the web and putting it into users' hands. With this book at your side you'll become adept at accessing, structuring, and serving data by writing applications that are easy to maintain and understand."--Page 4 of cover

Includes index