Awesome Go Books

Awesome Go Books
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Starter Books

2018 - Learning Go Free

A online book to start learning Golang. It features numerous exercises (and answers).

The markdown source is available on Github.

2018 - Get Programming with Go

Get Programming with Go introduces you to the powerful Go language without confusing jargon or high-level theory. By working through 32 quick-fire lessons, you'll quickly pick up the basics of the innovative Go programming language!

2019 - API Foundations in Go

With this book you'll learn to use Go, taking advantage of it's multi-threaded nature, and typed syntax. Starting your API implementation in Go is your first step towards what a rock solid API should be.

2019 - Go for Javascript Developers Free

This book helps Javascripters become Gophers. Outlining the differences between these languages makes it easier to switch back and forth, and can help mitigate potential issues when doing so.

2019 - The Go Workshop

The Go Workshop will take the pain out of learning the Go programming language (also known as Golang). It is designed to teach you to be productive in building real-world software. Presented in an engaging, hands-on way, this book focuses on the features of Go that are used by professionals in their everyday work.

2019 - Head First Go

What will you learn from this book?

Go makes it easy to build software that’s simple, reliable, and efficient. Andthis book makes it easy for programmers like you to get started. Google designed Go for high-performance networking and multiprocessing, but—like Python and JavaScript—the language is easy to read and use. With this practical hands-on guide, you’ll learn how to write Go code using clear examples that demonstrate the language in action. Best of all, you’ll understand the conventions and techniques that employers want entry-level Go developers to know.

Why does this book look so different?

Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory, HeadFirst Go uses a visually rich format to engage your mind rather than a text heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multisensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.

2020 - How to Code in Go

This book is designed to introduce you to writing programs with the Go programming language. You’ll learn how to write useful tools and applications that can run on remote servers, or local Windows, macOS, and Linux systems for development. Available in epub and pdf.

2022 - Go, from the beginning Free

In this book you will learn the following:

Build Console apps
Create Web APIs
Test your code
Create and publish reusable packages that others can consume
Organize your files in a project
Work with files and directories
Parse text with the string library and regular expressions.

2022 - Practical Go Lessons Free

Practical Go Lessons has 41 chapters and more than 700 pages with illustrations. It is suitable for anybody how wants to start programming with the Go language. It assumes no prior knowledge. Each chapter contains test questions with detailed answers. The HTML version is free. You can support the author by buying the PDF or Paper version.

2022 - Pro Go

Starting from the basics and building up to the most advanced and sophisticated features. You will learn how Go builds on a simple and consistent type system to create a comprehensive and productive development experience that produces fast and robust applications that run across platforms.

Gain a solid understanding of the Go language and tools
Gain in-depth knowledge of the Go standard library
Use Go for concurrent/parallel tasks
Use Go for client- and server-side development

2022 - Go for DevOps

Go is the go-to language for DevOps libraries and services, and without it, achieving fast and safe automation is a challenge. With the help of Go for DevOps, you'll learn how to deliver services with ease and safety, becoming a better DevOps engineer in the process.

Some of the key things this book will teach you are how to write Go software to automate configuration management, update remote machines, author custom automation in GitHub Actions, and interact with Kubernetes. As you advance through the chapters, you'll explore how to automate the cloud using software development kits (SDKs), extend HashiCorp's Terraform and Packer using Go, develop your own DevOps services with gRPC and REST, design system agents, and build robust workflow systems.

By the end of this Go for DevOps book, you'll understand how to apply development principles to automate operations and provide operational insights using Go, which will allow you to react quickly to resolve system failures before your customers realize something has gone wrong.

2023 - Learn Go With Tests Free

Learn Go guided by tests. Write a test, learn a new Go language feature to make it pass, refactor and repeat. You'll get a grounding in test-driven development and importantly understand the principles behind it.

2023 - Go 101 Free

Go 101 is a book focusing on Go syntax/semantics and all kinds of runtime related things (Go 1.17-pre ready) and tries to help gophers gain a deep and thorough understanding of Go. This book also collects many details of Go and in Go programming. It is expected that this book is helpful for both beginner and experienced Go programmers.

2023 - Persian - Go Programming Language Free

The first Persian open source book about golang deep dive. In this book, we discuss all deep topics related to the Go language, from the basics to the advanced, with the aim of increasing the Gopher community in Iran.