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Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:31 PM UTC

maximilienandi wrote: post #29

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #27

Excellent! I am not a Go programmer, so I am not your target audience, but I have written a book, so I understand the work. Thanks so much!

Thank you ChrisMarshallNY, for your kind message. I hope you will start using Go in the future!

I sent a link to a friend, who is very much a Go programmer (I am a Swift programmer).

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by jjice » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:34 PM UTC

maximilienandi wrote: post #2

Hello all, After 2.5 years of writing, countless weekends and evenings, I released a book about the Go programming language. The book is available for free on the website because I wanted to give something back to the developer's community :) It is composed of 700+ pages, 41 chapters, and approximately 405 drawings/screenshots. I tried to cover all the important topics that a new Go programmer should know. At the end…

I really like that you go in detail of common and important standard library functions and hit come important things like database drivers and JSON. 700 pages is a nice big programming book and it looks like you're not skimping on details. Great job and good work!

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by perceptron001 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:35 PM UTC

Great 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 I'll made sure I tweet about it.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by 120bits » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

maximilienandi wrote: post #2

Hello all, After 2.5 years of writing, countless weekends and evenings, I released a book about the Go programming language. The book is available for free on the website because I wanted to give something back to the developer's community :) It is composed of 700+ pages, 41 chapters, and approximately 405 drawings/screenshots. I tried to cover all the important topics that a new Go programmer should know. At the end…

I can't thank you enough! I wanted to learn Go and wanted something like this. I really like the chapter structure, it really easy to follow and progress.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by redisman » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:46 PM UTC

Looks great. I’m getting to learn go in my new role so this will help me get up to speed before I start

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

redisman wrote: post #35

Looks great. I’m getting to learn go in my new role so this will help me get up to speed before I start

Hello redisman, I hope it will help you.

Do not hesitate to share your feedback with me, especially if something is difficult to understand or if you spotted a mistake :)

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by boundingpoodle » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:54 PM UTC

Thank you for building this!

I appreciate chapter 40 being included, a quick summary of go/programming recommendations. Also the illustration on the landing page caught my eye, good choice.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

dctoedt wrote: post #30

Looks 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 your site. (I suppose it's too much to hope for that you created this with Emacs and org-mode — which is what I'm writing my book in — together with a nifty CSS package ....)

Thanks !

I wrote it using Lyx which is WYSIWYG for LaTeX. Then I convert the LaTeX document into HTML.

The HTML is then injected (with some modifications) into a Vue component (the website is built with Vue).

I use only Bootstrap for the CSS (with bootstrap-vue). When I have some time I will publish the sources of my script.

I hope it can help you !

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 7:00 PM UTC

120bits wrote: post #34

maximilienandi wrote: post #2

Hello all, After 2.5 years of writing, countless weekends and evenings, I released a book about the Go programming language. The book is available for free on the website because I wanted to give something back to the developer's community :) It is composed of 700+ pages, 41 chapters, and approximately 405 drawings/screenshots. I tried to cover all the important topics that a new Go programmer should know. At the end…

I can't thank you enough! I wanted to learn Go and wanted something like this. I really like the chapter structure, it really easy to follow and progress.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate :) I hope that it will help you in your Go journey.

Do not hesitate to send me feedback in order for me to improve the content.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by preommr » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

maximilienandi wrote: post #6

codegeek wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love it. Hats off to you for your hard work on this. Who builds your illustrations/graphics ? Looks cool.

My spouse :) Thank you for your feedback !

Should probably credit them in the foreward.