Programming Books

12 Excellent Free Books to Learn Go

Last Updated on April 18, 2024

9. Go 101 by Tapir

Go 101Go 101 is a book focusing on Go syntax/semantics and all kinds of details.

The book also tries to help gophers gain a deep and thorough understanding of Go.

The book is expected to be helpful for both beginner and experienced Go programmers.

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10. Go for Javascript Developers by Maor Zamski and Daniel Singer

Go for Javascript DevelopersThis book compares between two programming languages, Golang (or “Go”) and ECMAScript (or “Javascript” / “JS”). The merits of this pairing is the popularity of these languages.

Each subchapter/subject is denoted with (D),(S) or (B) to indicate how it compares across both languages with ‘mostly Different’, ‘mostly Similar’ or ‘mostly Both’.

This document uses ECMAScript 2015 (ES6). Also, some subjects will note the run-time environment “NodeJS”.

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11. Learn Go with Tests by Chris James and contributors

Learn Go with TestsExplore the Go language by writing tests. The Go Fundamentals section gives a olid grounding of a majority of Go’s language features and how to do Test Driven Development.

Learn Go with Tests is targeted at programmers who want to learn Go, as well as programmers who already know some Go, but want to explore testing more. You’ll need some experience with programming.

The book is published under an open source license (MIT license).

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12. Practical Cryptography With Go by Kyle Isom

Practical Cryptography With GoThis is a book about cryptography: how to communicate securely. There are several objectives that cryptography aims to solve: confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity. It also helps solve some other problems that come up in secure communications, but it’s important to remember that it isn’t a complete solution to security problems.

In this book, the author looks at how to build secure systems; some of the problems that cryptography does not solve will also be pointed out.

This book will attempt to guide you in your attempt to understand how to use cryptography to secure your services, and illustrate it using the Go programming language.

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Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Go Bootcamp and more books
Page 2 – Learning Go and more books
Page 3 – Go 101 and more books


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AwkVersatile language designed for pattern scanning and processing language
BashShell and command language; popular both as a shell and a scripting language
BASICBeginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
CGeneral-purpose, procedural, portable, high-level language
C++General-purpose, portable, free-form, multi-paradigm language
C#Combines the power and flexibility of C++ with the simplicity of Visual Basic
ClojureDialect of the Lisp programming language
ClojureScriptCompiler for Clojure that targets JavaScript
COBOLCommon Business-Oriented Language
CoffeeScriptTranscompiles into JavaScript inspired by Ruby, Python and Haskell
CoqDependently typed language similar to Agda, Idris, F* and others
CrystalGeneral-purpose, concurrent, multi-paradigm, object-oriented language
CSSCSS (Cascading Style Sheets) specifies a web page’s appearance
DGeneral-purpose systems programming language with a C-like syntax
DartClient-optimized language for fast apps on multiple platforms
DylanMulti-paradigm language supporting functional and object-oriented coding
ECMAScriptBest known as the language embedded in web browsers
EiffelObject-oriented language designed by Bertrand Meyer
ElixirRelatively new functional language running on the Erlang virtual machine
ErlangGeneral-purpose, concurrent, declarative, functional language
F#Uses functional, imperative, and object-oriented programming methods
FactorDynamic stack-based programming language
ForthImperative stack-based programming language
FortranThe first high-level language, using the first compiler
GoCompiled, statically typed programming language
GroovyPowerful, optionally typed and dynamic language
HaskellStandardized, general-purpose, polymorphically, statically typed language
HTMLHyperText Markup Language
IconWide variety of features for processing and presenting symbolic data
JArray programming language based primarily on APL
JavaGeneral-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, high-level language
JavaScriptInterpreted, prototype-based, scripting language
JuliaHigh-level, high-performance language for technical computing
KotlinMore modern version of Java
LabVIEWDesigned to enable domain experts to build power systems quickly
LaTeXProfessional document preparation system and document markup language
LispUnique features - excellent to study programming constructs
LogoDialect of Lisp that features interactivity, modularity, extensibility
LuaDesigned as an embeddable scripting language
MarkdownPlain text formatting syntax designed to be easy-to-read and easy-to-write
Objective-CObject-oriented language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to C
OCamlThe main implementation of the Caml language
PascalImperative and procedural language designed in the late 1960s
PerlHigh-level, general-purpose, interpreted, scripting, dynamic language
PHPPHP has been at the helm of the web for many years
PostScriptInterpreted, stack-based and Turing complete language
PrologA general purpose, declarative, logic programming language
PureScriptSmall strongly, statically typed language compiling to JavaScript
PythonGeneral-purpose, structured, powerful language
QMLHierarchical declarative language for user interface layout - JSON-like syntax
RDe facto standard among statisticians and data analysts
RacketGeneral-purpose, object-oriented, multi-paradigm, functional language
RakuMember of the Perl family of programming languages
RubyGeneral purpose, scripting, structured, flexible, fully object-oriented language
RustIdeal for systems, embedded, and other performance critical code
ScalaModern, object-functional, multi-paradigm, Java-based language
SchemeA general-purpose, functional language descended from Lisp and Algol
ScratchVisual programming language designed for 8-16 year-old children
SQLAccess and manipulate data held in a relational database management system
Standard MLGeneral-purpose functional language characterized as "Lisp with types"
SwiftPowerful and intuitive general-purpose programming language
TclDynamic language based on concepts of Lisp, C, and Unix shells
TeXMarkup and programming language - create professional quality typeset text
TypeScriptStrict syntactical superset of JavaScript adding optional static typing
ValaObject-oriented language, syntactically similar to C#
VHDLHardware description language used in electronic design automation
VimLPowerful scripting language of the Vim editor
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