Advanced Go Programming Patterns

Overview

“Advanced Go Programming Patterns” takes you beyond the basics to explore sophisticated techniques for building robust, high-performance applications with Go. This book is designed for experienced developers who want to master Go’s advanced features and architectural patterns.

What You’ll Learn

• Advanced Concurrency: Complex goroutine patterns, select statements, and context management
• Performance Engineering: Profiling, optimization techniques, and memory management
• Distributed Systems: Building resilient microservices and handling distributed challenges
• Advanced Testing: Property-based testing, benchmarking, and integration testing strategies
• Code Organization: Package design, dependency injection, and clean architecture
• Production Patterns: Logging, monitoring, graceful shutdowns, and operational excellence

Key Features

• Real-world Case Studies: Learn from production systems at scale
• Performance Benchmarks: Detailed analysis of optimization techniques
• Advanced Patterns: Worker pools, circuit breakers, and distributed patterns
• Production-Ready Code: Complete examples with error handling and observability

Table of Contents

1. Go Runtime Deep Dive: GC, Scheduler, and Memory Model
2. Advanced Concurrency: Goroutines, Channels, and Synchronization
3. Performance Engineering: Profiling and Optimization Techniques
4. Memory Management: Allocation Patterns and GC Tuning
5. Error Handling and Resilience Patterns
6. Advanced Testing: Strategies for Complex Systems
7. Package Design and Dependency Management
8. Distributed Systems Patterns in Go
9. Observability: Logging, Metrics, and Tracing
10. Production Deployment and Operations

About the Author

Roberto Silva is a Principal Software Engineer at a major cloud infrastructure company, where he designs and implements high-throughput Go services handling petabytes of data. He’s a core contributor to several open-source Go projects and a regular speaker at GopherCon.