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Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by zelphirkalt »

maximilienandi wrote: post #81
_kst_ wrote: post #77

I haven't taken a look at it yet. Can you summarize what it offers that Donovan & Kernighan's "The Go Programming Language" doesn't? (Sincere question, not being snarky.)

Thanks for your question. "The Go Programming Language" is a well-written book. I have not read every line of it, so my answer might not be precise. I will highlight some key aspects of my project: I teach computer science in my free time in a small non-profit organization. Most of the students have no knowledge at all in the field. I wanted to write a book that anybody could use, not only to learn Go but also to lea…

Can you share the non-profit organization name?

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi »

rhd wrote: post #76
maximilienandi wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I ran a scan with Norton antivirus on the website artifacts downloaded on AWS the result is OK. I also checked the website with Google safe browsing ( https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?u... ) and the result is also OK. I also run the test with virus total website and no threats have been detected. ( https://www.virustotal.com/en/#url ). If you have more information about this do not hesitate…

Hi, It's probably a combination of young domain, and associated IPs blocked from mail. Check on Cisco Talos https://talosintelligence.com/ Submit ticket: https://talosintelligence.com/reputation_center/support#repu...

Thanks for sharing the link I will submit a ticket !

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by jedberg »

maximilienandi wrote: post #38
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 !

> which is WYSIWYG for LaTeX

Oh the delicious irony. Don't tell Donald Knuth! :)

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by satysin »

Obviously I haven't read much yet but skimming through it for 5 minutes I am impressed with what I see. Great work!

One thing I feel is missing, a PDF preview of a few pages so I can see how it looks in the digital edition. Not a huge deal so don't stress about it but I always like to preview ebooks for some reason. I may be alone here tho :)

Really though great work. I am especially impressed at the effort you put into getting a dev environment "up and running" on Windows, Linux and macOS.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #91
maximilienandi wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your question. "The Go Programming Language" is a well-written book. I have not read every line of it, so my answer might not be precise. I will highlight some key aspects of my project: I teach computer science in my free time in a small non-profit organization. Most of the students have no knowledge at all in the field. I wanted to write a book that anybody could use, not only to learn Go but also to lea…

Can you share the non-profit organization name?

It's Libraries Without Border (https://www.librarieswithoutborders.org/) This ONG has launched a program to teach computer science in public libraries.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi »

satysin wrote: post #94

Obviously I haven't read much yet but skimming through it for 5 minutes I am impressed with what I see. Great work! One thing I feel is missing, a PDF preview of a few pages so I can see how it looks in the digital edition. Not a huge deal so don't stress about it but I always like to preview ebooks for some reason. I may be alone here tho :) Really though great work. I am especially impressed at the effort you put i…

Thanks for your kind feedback _l4jh. You are not the only one to request a preview ! I will add it when I have some time.

I will include maybe the Table of Contents and a couple of chapters.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by oolonthegreat »

looking good! I liked the fact that you took a holistic approach where you don't ONLY teach go but also things like anatomy of a computer, json/xml, http etc. My only concern is that the name "Practical Go Lessons" doesn't seem to capture this, but I don't know what else would you name it.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by satysin »

maximilienandi wrote: post #97
satysin wrote: post #94

Obviously I haven't read much yet but skimming through it for 5 minutes I am impressed with what I see. Great work! One thing I feel is missing, a PDF preview of a few pages so I can see how it looks in the digital edition. Not a huge deal so don't stress about it but I always like to preview ebooks for some reason. I may be alone here tho :) Really though great work. I am especially impressed at the effort you put i…

Thanks for your kind feedback _l4jh. You are not the only one to request a preview ! I will add it when I have some time. I will include maybe the Table of Contents and a couple of chapters.

Sounds great to me! Can't go wrong with a nice looking preview ;)

Also I forgot to say I really appreciate you giving this away for free online. It is clear you put a tremendous amount of time and effort into making this.

Re: Show HN: I wrote a book about Go

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Post by maximilienandi »

oolonthegreat wrote: post #98

looking good! I liked the fact that you took a holistic approach where you don't ONLY teach go but also things like anatomy of a computer, json/xml, http etc. My only concern is that the name "Practical Go Lessons" doesn't seem to capture this, but I don't know what else would you name it.

Thanks for liking my approach !

Finding the title was a really hard task. I asked myself existential questions for a couple of days about it. I agree with you it's not perfect.

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