Learning Go: An Idiomatic Approach to Real-World Go Programming

This is the best overview of Golang out there. If you want to learn the ins and outs of Go, and how to make sure your code is IDIOMATIC and understandable to other go devs, this is the book for you. The author walks you through various Go features and syntax, comparing it with similar features in other languages and noting the differences. He even explains how certain features work before telling you to never use them in your own code haha. It's really valuable to not only learn all the capabilities of the latest version of Go, but to also get direction by an experienced user on what should be preferred and what should be avoided. That's where this book shines. The latest edition adds exercises at the end of each chapter too, and that's so helpful for getting some of this stuff into your brain. Highly recommend this for any programmer who wants to dip their toes in the world of Gophers, and enjoys learning things in depth from a textbook.

The author does a very nice job of discussing all the features of Go, the good and the bad. I read about a third of this book before storing it away on my bookshelf. This is not a reflection on the book's content but simply that there are too many "watch out for this", "don't do this", "this is a common error", and "the compiler won't check for this" aspects of Go that convinced me to avoid this language. There may someday be a Go: The Good Parts book but, until then, if you need to learn Go then I think this is an excellent book that will help you produce the best code possible.

Excellent book that really goes down to the metal of the language. No complaints.

I've been using this book to learn Go programming as a complete beginner for over a month. I love how the chapters are presented, the fact that things a referenced clearly, the examples throughout chapters and so far, the overall structure. I like the fact that there are practice exercises at the end of the chapters, but I feel like there could be more per chapter. One of the biggest things is the fact that there are times where Jon includes use-cases some certain topics. I've attended too many trainings and read too many topics in IT where they just teach you everything under the sun but when you start working in it, you realize that a lot of isn't necessary from an application perspective, and it would've been good to learn it still but understand its practicality. This book has it where it's necessary. Highly recommend it for anyone now getting into Go or for anyone already familiar with Go, to use as a reference.

Bodner does a great job breaking down Go’s core features and its idiomatic practices, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced developers alike. One area where the book could be improved is in covering database operations. While the book does an excellent job with many other practical aspects of Go development, a chapter dedicated to working with databases would have been a nice addition

Having written Go full-time for over a year, I picked up the book to get some tips and pointers. The book goes into exactly the right level of detail I was looking for, and it even points to several blog posts and books, which worked as great starting points for learning even more.

I enjoyed the first edition, and this second edition is an improvement on an already great book on Go. Coverage of the concepts is thorough without being difficult to get through, an underrated thing in technical books. I also enjoyed the addition of exercises in the 2nd version.

The first edition of this book was already the best of its kind (learning Go). Now the second edition of the same book is even better and covers the latest release of Go (v1.22 at the time of writing), with exercises. I highly recommend this book for people wanting to learn Go. Just one small caveat: it's better if you already know another programming language (the author teaches Go, not computer programming).