Haythem Balti - Job Ready Go : Land your first role with one of the leading modern programming languages

1. Lesson 3
2. Lesson 4
3. Lesson 7
4. Lesson 19
5. Appendix

1. Lesson 1
2. Lesson 5
3. Lesson 9
4. Lesson 12
5. Lesson 18
6. Lesson 22
7. Lesson 23
8. Lesson 24
9. Lesson 25
10. Appendix

HAYTHEM BALTI

CO-AUTHORED BY KIMBERLY A. WEISS

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Haythem Balti, Ph.D., is an associate dean at Wiley Edge. He has created courses used by thousands of Software Guild and Wiley Edge (formerly mthree) alumni to learn Go, Java, Python, and other development and data science skills.

Kimberly A. Weiss is a Senior Manager of Curriculum Operations for Wiley Edge. She has worked with multiple universities as well as corporate training settings to develop interactive instructional content appropriate for the target learners and course goals, specializing in software development courses.

Bradley Jones is the owner of Lots of Software, LLC. He has programmed in a variety of languages and tools ranging from C to Unity on platforms ranging from Windows to mobile (and includes the web as well as a little bit of virtual reality for fun). In addition to programming, he has authored books on C, C++, C#, Windows, the web, and many more technical topics as well as a few nontechnical topics. Bradley has been recognized in the industry as a community influencer and has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP, CODiE Judge, an international technology speaker, best-selling technical author, and more.

Michael A. Jarvis is a software industry veteran with over thirty years of experience, working for companies ranging from small dot-com start-ups to large Fortune 100 enterprises. Michael has extensive experience programming in C, C++, Java, and Python, but has been enamored with Go ever since discovering the language back in 2015. Michael has contributed code to multiple open-source projects over the years, including the vim text editor and the fish shell, among others. Michael currently works as a lead software developer, on assignment with the vehicle cybersecurity group of a large automobile manufacturer, where he leverages his Go expertise toward automating security testing and validation of embedded vehicle components.

Although Kim and Haythem are the main authors of this book, this book would not have been possible without the hard work of the content development and instruction teams at The Software Guild and mthree. Haythem would also like to thank his mother, Samira: From buying my first computer when I was 13 years old to encouraging me to take a career in tech, she always played an instrumental part in where I am today. I am very thankful for you.

There are many programming languages a person can pick to create applications. Go, also known as Golang, is an open-source programming language that was designed at Google with a focus on simplicity and safety. Go first appeared to the public in 2009 and was officially released in 2012. Go is similar to the C programming language in the syntax and concepts that it uses. Go is a fast, small programming language that lets you focus on the solutions you want to build.

Go also provides features to make a developer's life easier. This includes garbage collection, memory safety, and structural typing. It also includes features such as built-in concurrency primitives, support of lightweight processes, an interface system, and more.

Whether you are looking to build standalone applications, build web apps, do concurrent programming, or perform a variety of other tasks, Go can help get you there. Other companies beyond Google are using Go, including Netflix, Ethereum, Splice, Twitch, and Uber. As result, Go has become a popular programming language.

The programming language is Go, but some people call it Golang. The Golang name comes from the domain where Go used to be located, which was golang.org. Go is now hosted on go.dev.