Learning Go Web Development

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Key FeaturesBuild a fully-featured REST API to enable client-side single page appsUtilize TLS to build reliable and secure sitesA quick guide that provides everything a developer needs to know to build end-to-end web applications in GoBook DescriptionGo is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. It is a statically typed language with syntax loosely derived from that of C, adding garbage collection, type safety, some dynamic-typing capabilities, additional built-in types such as variable-length arrays and key-value maps, and a large standard library.Learning Go Web Development is a start-to-finish walkthrough of the topics most critical to anyone building a new web application. Whether it's keeping your application secure, connecting to your database, enabling token-based authentication, or utilizing logic-less templates, this book has you covered. You'll begin by learning about routing requests and implementing SSL. Moving on, you'll get to know about practices to keep users' data safe. By the end of the book, you will be able to build robust, secure, and fully-featured applications for the web.What you will learnCreate a listening web serverRoute requestsImplement SSL/TLSUse Go's logic-less templatesImplement caching for maximum performanceUse sessions and cookiesUtilize security best practices to keep users and data safeConnect to data sourcesCreate a RESTful APIAbout the AuthorNathan Kozyra is a seasoned web developer, with nearly two decades of professional software development experience. Since Go's initial release, he has been drawn to the language for its power, elegance, and usability.He has a strong interest in web development, music production, and machine learning. He is married and has a two-year-old son.Table of ContentsIntroducing and Setting Up GoServing and RoutingConnecting to DataUsing TemplatesFrontend Integration with RESTful APIsSessions and CookiesMicroservices and CommunicationLogging and TestingSecurityCaching, Proxies, and Improved Performance