Network Programming with Go: Code Secure and Reliable Network Services from Scratch

by Adam Woodbeck

Network Programming with Go teaches you how to write clean, secure network software with the programming language designed to make it seem easy.Build simple, reliable, network software Combining the best parts of many other programming languages, Go is fast, scalable, and designed for high-performance networking and multiprocessing. In other words, it’s perfect for network programming. Network Programming with Go will help you leverage Go to write secure, readable, production-ready network code. In the early chapters, you’ll learn the basics of networking and traffic routing. Then you’ll put that knowledge to use as the book guides you through writing programs that communicate using TCP, UDP, and Unix sockets to ensure reliable data transmission. As you progress, you’ll explore higher-level network protocols like HTTP and HTTP/2 and build applications that securely interact with servers, clients, and APIs over a network using TLS. You'll also Protocol basics, such as the structure of IPv4 and IPv6, multicasting, DNS, and network address translationMethods of ensuring reliability in socket-level communicationsWays to use handlers, middleware, and multiplexers to build capable HTTP applications with minimal codeTools for incorporating authentication and encryption into your applications using TLSMethods to serialize data for storage or transmission in Go-friendly formats like JSON, Gob, XML, and protocol buffersWays of instrumenting your code to provide metrics about requests, errors, and moreApproaches for setting up your application to run in the cloud (and reasons why you might want to) Network Programming with Go is all you’ll need to take advantage of Go’s built-in concurrency, rapid compiling, and rich standard library. Covers Go 1.15 (Backward compatible with Go 1.12 and higher) 

Genres: Programming, Go, Technology, Computer Science, Software, Reference, Coding

348 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2021

Reviews

[Srđan Tubin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommended for Go Developers/Engineers (and others interested in it) working in a distributed systems environments. I personally really liked the chapters about using the TCP and UDP protocols to establish a connection between different nodes in the network, and this low level network programming in general. Gives a better understanding of how HTTP (and TSL) works under the hood.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ready, Set...

If you're looking for a book to help you master Go, this is a networking superstar! Don't let the niche programming language scare you away, Woodbeck's book makes learning Go a breeze.

The writing is so clear and concise, you'll feel like you're cruising down the information superhighway. Plus, the cute cover is like a gerbil telling you to go, go, go!

In no time, you'll be programming like a pro with this book's easy-to-follow examples and hands-on exercises. Who knew learning a programming language could be this fun and enjoyable?

Overall, if you want to add some Go to your programming toolbox, Network Programming with Go is a must-read.

So hop on the Go-bandwagon and grab this book today!

4.5/5

[Vu Tran · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it