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Question for the Go experts out there: does it make sense to buy this book to learn Go or are there better tutorials/books?
by middleclick 11y ago
Question for the Go experts out there: does it make sense to buy this book to learn Go or are there better tutorials/books?
- chimeracoder 11y agoThis book hasn't come out yet. Without having read it, I'd probably recommend it when it does, but for the time being, the online Go tutorial[0] is a great introduction. [0] https://tour.golang.org https://tour.golang.org
- pm90 11y agoEffective Go is a great intro: https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html Also, check out the blog posts for more information on specific topics: http://blog.golang.org/ http://blog.golang.org/. They are really well written.
- andmarios 11y ago^ This! It is one of the reasons I like Go. Effective Go is all you need to understand the language and be able to read even the most complex Go programs.
- cronos 11y agoYou can easily learn go by going through all the pages under "Learning Go" here: https://golang.org/doc/ https://golang.org/doc/ and probably some practice projects. This book might be a good alternative but we can't know yet.
- aikah 11y agoI found "Go Blueprints" a good introduction for someone who wants to get into practical projects quickly, and doesn't need an introduction to programming. If I were to write a book about Go it would be exactly that, demonstrating how useful Go can be for day to day tasks, and for cli tools and servers.
- grey-area 11y agoYes it absolutely makes sense to buy this book to learn go; judging by the contents and first chapter it will be comprehensive and a very clear introduction to the core concepts of the language. It will probably end up being the definitive reference.
- eternalban 11y agoIt should take you a grand total of 2 days. Just open up the spec in one tab, playground in another, and start playing.