Chapter 1 ◾ Getting Started with Go
 Go PROGRAMMING FEATURES
 WHY IS GoLang BETTER THAN THE OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES?
 BEGINNING WITH Go
 INSTALL Go ON WINDOWS
 WRITING THE FIRST Go PROGRAM
 TERMINAL
 INSTALL Go ON MAC
 IN GoLang, HOW DO WE CREATE AN EMPTY FILE?
 CREATE A DIRECTORY IN Go
Chapter 2 ◾ GoLang Tools
 HOW TO READ AND WRITE PROGRAMS IN Go
 IN GoLang, HOW TO RENAME AND MOVE A FILE
 HOW TO READ FILES LINE BY LINE TO STRING
Chapter 3 ◾ Data Types
 BASIC SYNTAX
  Tokens
  Line Separator
  Comments
  Identifiers
  Keywords
  Whitespace
 DATA TYPES IN Go
  Numbers
  Floating Point Numbers
  Complex Numbers
  Booleans
  Strings
Chapter 4 ◾ Variables and Constants
 VARIABLES IN Go
  Declaring a Variable
  Using the var Keyword
  Using the Short Variable Declaration
 CONSTANTS
  How Should We Declare?
  Untyped and Typed Numeric Constants
  Numeric Constant
  String Literals
  Boolean Constant
 VARIABLE SCOPE IN Go
  Local Variables
  Global Variables
 DECLARATION OF MULTIPLE VARIABLES
  Shorthand Declaration
Chapter 5 ◾ Operators and Control Structures
 OPERATORS IN Go
  Arithmetic Operators
  Relational Operators
  Logical Operators
  Bitwise Operators
  Assignment Operators
  Misc Operators
 CONTROL STATEMENTS
  if Statement
  if...else Statement
  Nested if Statement
  if..else..if Ladder
 Go LANGUAGE LOOPS
 Go SWITCH STATEMENT
  Expression Switch
  Type Switch
Chapter 6 ◾ Arrays, Slices, and Maps
 ARRAYS
 SLICES
 STRINGS
 MAPS
Chapter 7 ◾ Functions and Recursion
 Go LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
 FUNCTION RETURNING MULTIPLE VALUES
 VARIADIC FUNCTIONS
 DEFER KEYWORD
 PANIC IN GoLang
 RECOVER
 CLOSURE
 RECURSION
Chapter 8 ◾ Pointers
 GoLang POINTERS
 POINTERS TO A FUNCTION
 POINTER TO A STRUCT
 POINTER TO POINTER (DOUBLE POINTER) IN Go
 COMPARING POINTERS
Chapter 9 ◾ Structs and Interfaces
 GoLang STRUCTURES
 GoLang’s NESTED STRUCTURE
 GoLang’s ANONYMOUS STRUCTURE AND FIELD
 GoLang METHODS
 INTERFACES
 EMBEDDING INTERFACES
 INHERITANCE
 POLYMORPHISM USING INTERFACES
Chapter 10 ◾ Concurrency and Goroutines
 GOROUTINES – CONCURRENCY IN GoLang
 SELECT STATEMENT
 MULTIPLE GOROUTINES
 GoLang CHANNEL
 UNIDIRECTIONAL CHANNEL
Chapter 11 ◾ Packages in GoLang
 PACKAGES IN GoLang
  Workspace
  Packages
  Main Package
  Importing Packages
  Installing Third-Party Packages
  Init Function
  Important Considerations
  Giving the Packages Names
  Code Exported
 DOCUMENTATION
Chapter 12 ◾ The Core Packages
 STRING
 INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O)
 FILES AND FOLDERS
 ERRORS
 CONTAINERS AND SORTING
  List
 SORT
 HASHES AND CRYPTOGRAPHY
 SERVERS
 HTTP
 RPC
 PARSING THE COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
 SYNCHRONIZATION PRIMITIVES
  Mutexes

 Mastering GoLang helps readers quickly understand the core concepts and then move on to practical projects using the Go programming language.

 GoLang is often dubbed a game-changer in the world of programming languages. Instead of starting from scratch, Go was created using the C programming language. GoLang inherits C’s disciplined grammar but with specific tweaks and enhancements to properly manage memory. This lessens the memory leakage problems that developers tend to face with C.

 Go borrows and adapts notions from various programming languages while skipping characteristics that result in complicated, insecure, and unpredictable code. Go’s concurrency features are well-suited to build the infrastructure for gigantic projects such as networking systems and distributed hardware. Go is also often employed in domains such as visuals, mobile applications, and Machine Learning.

 Even though GoLang is a relatively new language, it has been adopted by several major organizations owing to its benefits, which include code clarity, custom libraries, adaptability, multithreading, and a simple build process. Because Go is gaining traction in the development community, learning GoLang can open up new avenues across various fields and career trajectories.

 Since it is still a relatively newer language, quality literature pertaining to Go is often hard to find. This particular book covers all the bases that you might need, and is an ideal companion for beginner-level developers looking to master Go programming.

 With Mastering GoLang, learning GoLang becomes an easy task, and learners can use their skills to create innovative projects.

 The Mastering Computer Science series is edited by Sufyan bin Uzayr, a writer and educator with over a decade of experience in the computing field.