Go for Java Programmers: Learn the Google Go Programming Language

Part IIThe Go Language

The Go Language

In this part, some of the key and fundamental features of the Go language will be introduced. When we are done with this part, you should be able to characterize the key features that make Go different from Java.

The following chapters refer to some Go topics not yet well described. You may need to read ahead to Chapter 5, “Go Basic Features,” to get the needed basics to fully grasp all the content of this part.

This and the remaining chapters of this text have numerous code examples. In general, runnable code is labeled with listing captions. This code may not be completely stand-alone (compliable and executable literally as shown) as it often needs a package statement and some imports added as well as a wrapping ...