Go, commonly referred to as golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007. This book helps you to get started with Go programming. It describes all the elements of the language and illustrates their use with code examples. The following is highlight topics in this book: * Development Environment * Go Programming Language * Arrays, Slices and Maps * Functions * Pointers * Structs and Methods * String Operations * File Operations * Error Handling and Logging * Building Own Go Package * Concurrency * Encoding * Hashing and Cryptography * Database Programming * Socket Programming