Go Systems Programming

Learning the new system's programming language for all Unix-type systems About This Book * Learn how to write system's level code in Golang, similar to Unix/Linux systems code * Ramp up in Go quickly * Deep dive into Goroutines and Go concurrency to be able to take advantage of Go server-level constructs Who This Book Is For Intermediate Linux and general Unix programmers. Network programmers from beginners to advanced practitioners. C and C++ programmers interested in different approaches to concurrency and Linux systems programming. What You Will Learn * Explore the Go language from the standpoint of a developer conversant with Unix, Linux, and so on * Understand Goroutines, the lightweight threads used for systems and concurrent applications * Learn how to translate Unix and Linux systems code in C to Golang code * How to write fast and lightweight server code * Dive into concurrency with Go * Write low-level networking code In Detail Go is the new systems programming language for Linux and Unix systems. It is also the language in which some of the most prominent cloud-level systems have been written, such as Docker. Where C programmers used to rule, Go programmers are in demand to write highly optimized systems programming code. Created by some of the original designers of C and Unix, Go expands the systems programmers toolkit and adds a mature, clear programming language. Traditional system applications become easier to write since pointers are not relevant and garbage collection has taken away the most problematic area for low-level systems code: memory management. This book opens up the world of high-performance Unix system applications to the beginning Go programmer. It does not get stuck on single systems or even system types, but tries to expand the original…