Job Ready Go - by Haythem Balti & Kimberly A Weiss (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Tackle GoLang with practical and employment-focused instruction

In Job Ready Go, software education guru Dr. Haythem Balti delivers an essential and hands-on guide to Go, an open-source programming language developed by Google engineers to combine the most sought-after capabilities of other programming languages, including Java, C#, and C++. In the book, the author walks you through all the most critical skills necessary for successful, on-the-job Go programming.

You'll discover:

• How to get started with Go, including how to run, build, and test your own go programs
• Understand control flow and data structures in Go including arrays, slices, maps, and pointerss
• How to leverage structs, interfaces, and methods to organize and reuse code
• How to leverage go to process data, access different types of files and develop APIs
• Leverage concurrency and gRPCs to create complex and interconnected systems.

Job Ready Go offers readers straightforward and elegant instruction based on the renowned mthree Global Academy and Software Guild training program. It's an essential read for aspiring Go developers looking for a fast-track to developing real-world skills demanded by employers.

From the Back Cover

PREPARE YOURSELF TO TAKE ON REAL-WORLD GO APPLICATION PROGRAMMING

Job Ready Go^(R) 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^(R) 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^(R) 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.