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Golang College Series

Boring Go

by Hassan Aminfar
by Dariush Abbasi
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Boring Go! is a refreshingly practical guide to writing Go the way it actually works best in real projects—simple, explicit, and a little bit boring (in the good way). Instead of chasing clever tricks or over-engineered abstractions, it focuses on the patterns, defaults, and trade-offs that experienced Go developers quietly rely on every day. The book makes a strong case that clarity beats novelty, readability beats magic, and boring code is often the most reliable, maintainable, and scalable choice. If you’ve ever felt that Go’s simplicity is a feature—not a limitation—Boring Go! puts words, examples, and confidence behind that instinct.

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60 chapters
1
Why Go Exists
2
Installing and Running Go
3
How Go Code Is Organized
4
Go Tour
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5
Core Go Commands
6
Formatting, Vetting, and Documentation
7
Dependency Management
8
Workspaces and Multi-Module Development
9
Predeclared Types
10
Zero Values and Initialization
11
Constants and Literals
12
Variables and Scope
13
Conditional Logic
14
Loops and Iteration
15
Arrays and Slices
16
Working with Strings
17
Maps
18
Structs and Data Modeling
19
Functions in Depth
20
Functions as Values
21
Methods and Receivers
22
Understanding Memory in Go
23
Pointers Explained
24
Mutability and Data Sharing
25
Garbage Collection
26
Designing with Interfaces
27
Interface Best Practices
28
Type Assertions and Reflection Boundaries
29
Why Generics Matter
30
Generic Functions
31
Generic Types
32
Idiomatic Generics
33
Errors as Values
34
Wrapping and Inspecting Errors
35
panic, recover, and Failure Modes
36
Testing Fundamentals
37
Test Organization and Coverage
38
Advanced Testing
39
Integration and System Testing
40
Concurrency Basics
41
Channel Patterns
42
Synchronization
43
Context and Cancellation
44
Concurrency Design Guidelines
45
Time and Scheduling
46
IO and Streaming
47
Encoding and Serialization
48
HTTP and Networking
49
Logging and Observability
50
Static Analysis and Security
51
Code Generation and Embedding
52
Building and Releasing Software
53
Documentation and APIs
54
Reflection in Practice
55
Unsafe Code
56
Cgo and Foreign Function Interfaces
57
Performance Tuning
58
Designing for the Long Term
59
Index
60
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Hassan Aminfar

Dariush Abbasi

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