Ultimate Microservices with Go

Develop production-ready, high-performance, and scalable microservices with Go

Key Features
● Learn to design and implement resilient RESTful APIs using Go, with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
● Discover how Kubernetes empowers reliable microservice architecture, covering deployment, scaling, service discovery, and load balancing.
● Gain practical tools and insights for deploying microservices to production using Go and Kubernetes, ensuring smooth operations and high availability.

Book Description
Embark on a comprehensive journey through microservices architecture with a focus on harnessing the power of Go in modern cloud-based solutions.

This book begins with a succinct introduction to microservices and their synergy with cloud strategies, emphasizing Go's aptitude for developing scalable and efficient services. You'll then delve into the fundamentals of Go, covering essential practices and core concepts, establishing a strong language foundation.

The exploration continues with a detailed examination of constructing a single service, emphasizing design, documentation, and structure. Through various design patterns, you'll learn to implement a server capable of serving as a RESTful API, an internal worker, and more. This hands-on approach equips you with the expertise to craft robust and sustainable services.

Finally, the book guides you through deploying your service to production using Kubernetes. You'll explore scaling techniques, performance optimization, and observability, ensuring your service is ready for the demands of the real world.

What you will learn
● Gain a comprehensive understanding of microservices architecture, including its advantages, limitations, and alternative approaches.
● Master the fundamentals of Go, from basic syntax and concepts to more advanced topics, enabling you to leverage its capabilities effectively.
● Explore the key components of microservices architecture implemented using Go, understanding how they interact and contribute to the overall system.
● Design and implement robust RESTful APIs with Go, incorporating essential features like pagination, rate-limiting, caching, retries, and timeouts for optimal performance.
● Discover Kubernetes and its close relationship with microservices architecture, gaining insights into its role in orchestrating and managing containerized applications.
● Learn to deploy production-ready services with Go, covering essential aspects such as authentication, monitoring, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), fault tolerance design, and rollout procedures, all from the perspective of a developer.

Who is this book for?
This book targets developers and software architects looking to enhance their microservices expertise using Go, offering insights into modern tech demands. It's beneficial for those mastering microservices basics and refining skills in Go, Kubernetes, and RESTful APIs. Whether advancing careers or improving proficiency, it equips readers for success in dynamic software development.

1. Introduction to Microservices
2. Usability of Go
3. Go Essentials
4. Embarking on the Go Journey
5. Unlocking Go's Concurrency Power
6. Core Elements of Microservices
7. Building RESTful API
8. Introduction to Kubernetes
9. Deploying to Production
10. Next Steps in Production
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Nir Shtein is a multifaceted engineer, lecturer, public speaker, and author with a deep focus on open-source software (OSS), Kubernetes, Golang, DevOps, and backend engineering. He has imparted his knowledge through lectures, articles, and podcasts and has held various leadership positions, including Academy Lecturer, Tech Lead, Team Lead, and Software Engineer. 

Throughout his career, Nir has transitioned from working in large corporations to dynamic early-stage startups, embraced academic roles, and developed distinctive open-source projects. He has been an active participant in Accelerate programs, further enriching his professional experience. 

Over the years, Nir has delivered lectures on an international scale and authored several articles that have reached a global audience. He has contributed to numerous OSS projects, with his most successful project amassing over 100,000 users. 

In addition to his professional achievements, Nir has mentored many individuals, guiding them into the high-tech industry and helping them to kickstart their careers. Beyond work, he enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, engaging in sports, cooking, and exploring new places, constantly seeking new experiences and knowledge.

ABOUT TECHNICAL REVIEWS

Noopur Tanwar is a professional in Software Development, specializing in backend development and mobile app development, with a focus on Microservices. She has worked in various industries such as automobiles, telecommunications, retail, and transport. With expertise in languages such as Java, Kotlin, and Golang, Noopur possesses a strong understanding of their technical concepts and idiomatic coding practices. Her experience in software development could provide insights into how technology is portrayed in literature. 

Currently, Noopur works as a Senior Backend Developer in Golang at Quest Global, where she is working on developing APIs for the Jio App. Her work contributes towards making code more readable, maintainable, scalable, and reliable across the organization. 

Noopur’s passion lies in writing code that is not only functional but also solve problems efficiently and elegantly. This passion drives her to constantly strive for improvement, to meticulously refine every piece of code she works on, and to explore new technologies and methodologies. 

Gaurav Arora is a Microsoft MVP award recipient. He serves as a Mentor of Change with AIM NITI Aayog, Government of India, and as a Business Coach with Business Blaster, Government of NCT of Delhi. Additionally, he is a lifetime member of the Computer Society of India (CSI) and serves as an advisory member and senior mentor at IndiaMentor. Gaurav is certified as a Scrum trainer and coach, ITIL-F certified, and PRINCE-F and PRINCE-P certified. He is also an opensource developer and contributes to the Microsoft TechNet community. Gaurav has authored books across various technologies and has recently been recognized as a world record holder for writing books on exceptional technologies