Network Programming with Go Language: Essential Skills for Programming, Using and Securing Networks with Open Source Google Golang

© Jan Newmarch and Ronald Petty 2022

J. Newmarch, R. PettyNetwork Programming with Go Languagehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8095-9_1

1. Architectural Layers

Jan Newmarch¹   and Ronald Petty²

(1)

Oakleigh, VIC, Australia

(2)

San Francisco, CA, USA

 

This chapter covers the major architectural features of distributed systems. A distributed system is a collection of components interacting over a network. You can’t build a system without some idea of what you want to build. And you can’t build it if you don't know the environment in which it will work. GUI programs are different than batch processing programs; games programs are different than business programs; and distributed programs are different than stand-alone programs. They each have their approaches, ...