Book Reviews

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Book Review: Test-Driven Development in Go by Adelina Simion

A broad introduction to a wide variety of testing concepts in Go, anchored around the test-first mentality.

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Book Review: 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them by Teiva Harsanyi

Any Go developer, beginner or expert, would do well to read this book. Probably more than once.

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What is the Best Book to Learn Go in 2023?

After reading every beginner's book I could find on Go, here is my recommended #1 book to help you learn the language.

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Book Review: For the Love of Go

For the absolute beginner to programming, this book will get you started on the right foot.

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Book Review: Get Programming with Go

Written for the absolute beginner, this book will leave most wanting much more.

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Book Review: The Go Programming Language

A great book, but sorely outdated.

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Book Review: Go Fundamentals

Very thorough, perhaps to a fault, this book is probably a great second read for most Go newcomers.

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Book Reviews

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Bonus Book Review: Learn Go with Pocket-Sized Projects

A bonus review of this early-access book, which I'm quite excited about.

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Book Review: Go For Beginners

This well-written, quick intro to Go for professional developers has some really strong points, but some important down sides, too.

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Book Review: Learning GO Programming

Very well organized, reasonable content, but the rampant grammatical errors are terribly distracting.

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Book Review: Beginning Go Programming

Full of factual errors, poorly edited, poorly organized. All around a bad book.