Practical Go Lessons
Languages and libraries
programming language tutorial book
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How HN took it
43 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 6 critical, out of 77 comments about the project. Thread score +0.51.
Docs: 17 for, 2 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Clear, beginner-friendly writing that assumes no prior knowledge
From 3 comments
This looks great! I absolutely love that it assumes no knowledge of anything, including how the computer works. This is how all educational material should be written. I think…
tomca32 on HNI love your writing style. Specially the way of not assuming previous knowledge.
itwy on HNGreat work. I am learning golang right now. The art/pics look amazing and the samples and the explanations are on point. Thank you for your work! I'm sure it will go a long way…
perceptron001 on HN
Good illustrations and layout
From 2 comments
I really like the structure of the book, the layout, the format, everything! Thank you!
Kosirich on HNGreat work. I am learning golang right now. The art/pics look amazing and the samples and the explanations are on point. Thank you for your work! I'm sure it will go a long way…
perceptron001 on HN
Thorough installation and environment setup guidance
From 2 comments
Whenever I encounter any book on go , the first thing I do is to read the installation page . This is the best I’ve seen of any book . You made the whole “PATH” thing that drives…
zealsham on HNObviously I haven't read much yet but skimming through it for 5 minutes I am impressed with what I see. Great work! One thing I feel is missing, a PDF preview of a few pages so I…
satysin on HN
Objections
Site was flagged as malware by a Cisco Umbrella filter
From 1 comment
"This site is blocked due to a security threat that was discovered by the Cisco Umbrella security researchers." Category: Malware That is the warning I'm getting on this link at…
hodder on HN
Site was reported unreachable
From 1 comment
The website is unreachable
andreagrandi on HN
Some content is outdated, such as the Logrus logging recommendation
From 1 comment
The book looks very interesting! In the section about logging, Logrus is unfortunately in maintenance mode now. We've used it at my place, now we have switched to Zap.
kroolik on HN
Requests
Add a PDF preview
From 1 comment
Obviously I haven't read much yet but skimming through it for 5 minutes I am impressed with what I see. Great work! One thing I feel is missing, a PDF preview of a few pages so I…
satysin on HN
Add a search bar
From 1 comment
Excellent job! Maybe you are already thinking about it, but... You can add a Search Bar and Go version & language selection for the documentation. (i.e. see (bottom left):…
Dentrax on HN
Accept correction pull requests
From 1 comment
Wow thank you for your work and providing it for free. Is there a way to submit correction PRs ? maybe a github ?
damip on HN
Questions
How the book was built with Lyx and Pandoc
From 2 comments
Nice! What were the tools you used to write it and convert it to the ebook and paper versions?
mprovost on HNLooks great. How'd you build the Web site — a package of some sort, or did you roll your own CSS? I've been working on a law-related book that I plan to post; I like the look of…
dctoedt on HN
How to buy the book
From 1 comment
Love it-- How can I buy the book? I might not ever read the whole thing, but I love the sentiment and the fact you're giving this away.
snow_mac on HN
Alternatives named
The Go Programming Language by Donovan and Kernighan
From 1 comment
I haven't taken a look at it yet. Can you summarize what it offers that Donovan & Kernighan's "The Go Programming Language" doesn't? (Sincere question, not being snarky.)
_kst_ on HN
Concurrency in Go by Katherine Cox-Buday
From 1 comment
Hi maximilienandi, great work! Easy to read for non-native! Always nice to see more alternative to the Blue Book too ;) When I open Golang books or any kind of tutorials, I…
adeptima on HN
Effective Go
From 1 comment
Many thanks! When I began writing Go code I found a lot of "Go idioms" on blog posts, it was hard to remember all of them. By the way, "Effective Go"…
maximilienandi on HN