This is the code repository for Building RESTful Web services with Go, published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the book from start to finish.
Initially, SOAP-based web services became more popular with XML. Then, since 2012, REST picked up the pace and gulped SOAP in whole. The rise of a new generation of web languages, such as Python, JavaScript (Node.js), and Go, showed a different approach to web development compared to the traditional ones, such as ASP.NET and Spring. Since this decade, Go has become more and more popular due to its speed and intuitiveness. Less verbose code, strict type checking, and support for concurrency make Go a better choice for writing any web backend. Some of the best tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes, are written in Go. Google uses Go a lot in its daily activities. You can see a list of Go-using companies at https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers.
All of the code is organized into folders. Each folder starts with a number followed by the application name. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
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"DriverName": "Menaka",
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}
For this book, you need a laptop/PC with Linux (Ubuntu 16.04), macOS X, or Windows installed. We will use Go 1.8+ as the version of our compiler and install many third-party packages, so a working internet connection is required. We will also use Docker in the final chapters to explain concepts of API Gateway. Docker V17.0+ is recommended. If Windows users have problems with the native Go installation for any examples, use Docker for Windows and run Ubuntu container, which gives more flexibility; refer to https://www.docker.com/docker-windows for more details. Before diving into the book, refresh your language basics at https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1. Even though these are the basic requirements, we will guide you through the installations wherever required.