From the Back Cover
PREPARE YOURSELF TO TAKE ON REAL-WORLD GO APPLICATION PROGRAMMING
Job Ready Go delivers the foundational knowledge required for entry-level Go-related jobs. Based on the Go training program at Wiley Edge (formerly mthree), this book offers readers the opportunity to learn about most of the powerful concepts that makes Go a very popular programming language.
Job Ready Go demonstrates the basics and advanced concepts of Go. Moreover, you will be able to put together what you have learned in this book in the Pulling It Together section, which demonstrates how to build complex solutions in Go.
Perfect for Go novices looking to learn about the language, Job Ready Go is also useful for Go developers that need to brush up with a comprehensive reference.
The book includes foundational topics such as data types, data structures, exceptions, and structs, and you will also learn about more complex topics such as API development, gRPC, and concurrency.
This practical book also provides:
- A getting started guide on how to install Go, and design, develop, and test Go applications.
- A practical discussion of the basics of data structures such as map, slices, and arrays.
- The fundamentals of gRPC and concurrency
- The basics of designing and developing API in Go.
The companion website at www.wiley.com/go/jobreadygo provides supplemental files to be used by the reader in several lessons found in the book.
About the Author
HAYTHEM BALTI, PhD, is an associate dean at Wiley Edge. He has created courses used by thousands of Software Guild and Wiley Edge (formerly mthree) alumni to learn Go, Java, Python, and other development and data science skills.
KIMBERLY A. WEISS is a Senior Manager of Curriculum Operations for Wiley Edge. She has worked with multiple universities as well as corporate training settings to develop interactive instructional content appropriate for the target learners and course goals, specializing in software development courses.
