Pro Go: The Complete Guide to Programming Reliable and Efficient Software Using Golang

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A. FreemanPro Gohttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7355-5_2

2. Putting Go in Context

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

Go, often referred to as Golang, is a language originally developed at Google that has started to gain widespread use. Go is syntactically similar to C, but it has safe pointers, automatic memory management, and one of the most useful and well-written standard libraries I have encountered.

Why Should You Learn Go?

Go can be used for just about any programming task but is best suited to server development or system development. The extensive standard library includes support for most common server-side tasks, such as handling HTTP requests, accessing ...