Book Review: An Introduction to Programming in Go

An Introduction to Programming in Go book cover

Caleb Doxsey’s An Introduction to Programming in Go is a short and sweet survey of the Go programming language (a.k.a. “Golang”).  Clocking in at 165 pages with easy-readable font and margins, the book flies through the same material as other more dense options in the 500-600 page range. On the other hand, Doxsey tries to be … Read more

Book Review: Professional Node.js

Professional Node.js book cover

Professional Node.js, written by Pedro Teixeira and published by Wrox, is a well-crafted introduction to writing server-side JavaScript with the Node.js platform.  The book weighs in at 412 pages, yet for a technical book it is written in a clean, crisp style that feel like reading a book half that length. At the outset, the book … Read more