Publisher's Synopsis
Building Scalable Web Applications with Go (Golang): A Comprehensive Guide to Developing Fast, Scalable, and Concurrent Applications for the Web and Cloud
Master the art of web development with Building Scalable Web Applications with Go (Golang), your ultimate guide to creating fast, efficient, and scalable web applications using one of the most powerful programming languages today. Designed for developers and tech enthusiasts, this book provides a step-by-step approach to leveraging Go's concurrency model and robust standard library to build modern, cloud-ready applications.
From building RESTful APIs to deploying production-grade services, this book equips you with practical tools and techniques to create high-performance web applications that can handle millions of users with ease.
What You'll Learn:
- Introduction to Go for Web Development: Understand the core principles of Go and why it's ideal for building scalable web applications.
- Go Syntax and Fundamentals: Master Go's syntax, data types, and control structures to write clean and efficient code.
- Building RESTful APIs: Learn how to design and implement RESTful APIs using Go's net/http package.
- Concurrency in Go: Harness the power of Go's goroutines and channels to build highly concurrent and responsive applications.
- Database Integration: Work with popular databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB using Go libraries such as gorm and sqlx.
- Authentication and Authorization: Implement secure user authentication and authorization using JWT and OAuth.
- Web Frameworks in Go: Explore lightweight frameworks like Gin and Echo to speed up development and simplify routing.
- Real-Time Web Applications: Build real-time features like chat and live notifications with WebSockets and Go.
- Deploying Applications to the Cloud: Learn to containerize your applications with Docker and deploy them to AWS, Google Cloud, or Kubernetes.
- Performance Optimization: Optimize your Go applications for speed and scalability with tools like pprof and benchmarking techniques.
- Testing and Debugging: Use Go's built-in testing tools to write unit tests, integration tests, and debug efficiently.
- Microservices Architecture: Design and implement scalable microservices using Go and service-oriented principles.
- Error Handling in Go: Write robust error-handling mechanisms to ensure application reliability.
- Security Best Practices: Protect your applications from vulnerabilities with secure coding practices and data encryption techniques.
- Real-World Projects: Apply your knowledge to build projects such as an e-commerce platform, blog engine, and task management system.
Who Is This Book For?
This book is perfect for backend developers, web developers, and anyone looking to harness the power of Go to build scalable web applications for the cloud.
Why Choose This Book?
With its hands-on approach, practical examples, and real-world projects, Building Scalable Web Applications with Go (Golang) bridges the gap between learning and applying Go, empowering you to create fast and reliable web applications.
Start building scalable web applications today with Building Scalable Web Applications with Go (Golang): A Comprehensive Guide to Developing Fast, Scalable, and Concurrent Applications for the Web and Cloud.
