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Network Programming with Go

Essential Skills for Using and Securing Networks

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  • A unique book on programming with Go for networking

  • Includes a guide to build and connect to a complete web server using Go

  • Go is an emerging popular open source (free) programming language, backed by Google

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Architecture

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 1-20
  3. Overview of the Go Language

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 21-27
  4. Socket-Level Programming

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 29-55
  5. Data Serialization

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 57-86
  6. Application-Level Protocols

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 87-106
  7. Managing Character Sets and Encodings

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 107-119
  8. Security

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 121-136
  9. HTTP

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 137-160
  10. Templates

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 161-173
  11. A Complete Web Server

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 175-191
  12. HTML

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 193-198
  13. XML

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 199-207
  14. Remote Procedure Call

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 209-220
  15. REST

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 221-245
  16. WebSockets

    • Jan Newmarch
    Pages 247-266
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 267-274

About this book

Dive into key topics in network architecture and Go, such as data serialization, application level protocols, character sets and encodings. This book covers network architecture and gives an overview of the Go language as a primer, covering the latest Go release.


Beyond the fundamentals, Network Programming with Go covers key networking and security issues such as HTTP and HTTPS, templates, remote procedure call (RPC), web sockets including HTML5 web sockets, and more.  


Additionally, author Jan Newmarch guides you in building and connecting to a complete web server based on Go. This book can serve as both as an essential learning guide and reference on Go networking.  




What You Will Learn
  • Master network programming with Go 
  • Carry out data serialization
  • Use application-level protocols
  • Manage character sets and encodings
  • Deal with HTTP(S)
  • Build a complete Go-based web server
  • Work with RPC, web sockets, and more




Who This Book Is For


Experienced Go programmers and other programmers with some experience with the Go language.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Oakleigh, Australia

    Jan Newmarch

About the author

Jan Newmarch is Head of Higher Education (ICT), Box Hill Institute, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of IT, Monash University, and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Computing and Mathematics Charles Sturt University.

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eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Read on any device
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