You will need to install all the tools that are required to run Go programs on your computer; this includes the following:

• Go (preferably v 0.9).
• An editor. Nothing fancy needed; Sublime Text will do just fine.
• Also, a few chapters deal with Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, and NSQ. All of these can be installed on a regular laptop. On a Mac, all of them are available via Homebrew. The latest stable version should be fine for all of them.

As you read a chapter, be sure to consider what you are learning and try to play around with the code. These moments will help you distill and crystallize the concepts you encounter.

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2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
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4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

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• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

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We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/9781788622592_ColorImages.pdf.

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Then you can enable it for remote invocation using the rpc package."

A block of code is set as follows:

type Args struct {
    A, B int
}

type MuliplyService struct{}

func (t *Arith) Do(args *Args, reply *int) error {
    *reply = args.A * args.B
    return nil
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

type Args struct {
    A, B int
}

type MuliplyService struct{}

func (t *Arith) Do(args *Args, reply *int) error {
    *reply = args.A * args.B
    return nil
}

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."