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Hands-On Software Architecture with Golang

By : Jyotiswarup Raiturkar
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Hands-On Software Architecture with Golang

By: Jyotiswarup Raiturkar

Overview of this book

Building software requires careful planning and architectural considerations; Golang was developed with a fresh perspective on building next-generation applications on the cloud with distributed and concurrent computing concerns. Hands-On Software Architecture with Golang starts with a brief introduction to architectural elements, Go, and a case study to demonstrate architectural principles. You'll then move on to look at code-level aspects such as modularity, class design, and constructs specific to Golang and implementation of design patterns. As you make your way through the chapters, you'll explore the core objectives of architecture such as effectively managing complexity, scalability, and reliability of software systems. You'll also work through creating distributed systems and their communication before moving on to modeling and scaling of data. In the concluding chapters, you'll learn to deploy architectures and plan the migration of applications from other languages. By the end of this book, you will have gained insight into various design and architectural patterns, which will enable you to create robust, scalable architecture using Golang.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Building a team

When contemplating the migration of applications, one key concern for management is availability of talent/developers. Fortunately, Go is a very simple and easy-to-learn language, and if you have good engineers, they will pick it up quickly. The Phase 1 – Learning Go subsection of the Migration strategy section mentions some learning resources. In my experience, people get productive within a week of starting hands-on experiments.

Another good resource is the Go Proverbs list (https://go-proverbs.github.io/). It provides a set of pithy recommendations; some of them, such as "the bigger the interface, the weaker the abstraction," are pretty profound.

The flip side is that there is high demand for Go programmers. So once you train them, remember to keep the developers energized and engaged. When interviewing developers for the team, what has worked...