Go for the Real World: Practical Golang for Scalable APIs, Services, and Tools

Build Scalable, Fast, and Reliable Systems with Go-Built for Real-World Developers

Ready to move beyond basic tutorials and start building real-world applications?
Go for the Real World takes you beyond the syntax and into practical, production-level development with Golang.

Whether you're building APIs, microservices, CLI tools, or backend systems, this book equips you with hands-on techniques and professional patterns to write clean, efficient, and scalable code using Go.

• Core Go concepts and idioms for building production-ready code

• Building scalable RESTful APIs with Go's powerful net/http package

• Structuring your Go projects for real-world deployment

• Handling concurrency with goroutines and channels

• Using Go for command-line interfaces and system tools

• Dependency management and testing in Go

• Connecting to databases and managing data efficiently

• Security best practices for Go-based applications

• Building and deploying Go services in the cloud

Written for developers who want more than "Hello, World," this book gives you the skills to tackle real engineering problems using one of the most efficient languages available today.

Start building serious software with Go-the language trusted by Google, Docker, and Kubernetes.