Andy Walker

Andy Walker is a software engineer working with over a decade’s experience using Go. He has been recognized as a Google Developer Expert in Go and is a community organizer and Gophercon Staff member. He leads Go meetups, and has given many classes and presentations on the language.

books by Andy Walker

Go in Action, Second Edition
  • MEAP began October 2022
  • Last updated May 2025
  • Publication in Fall 2025 (estimated)
  • ISBN 9781633439702
  • 400 pages (estimated)
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Software Development / Software Engineering / Application Development / Go

Go in Action, Second Edition takes advantage of your existing programming knowledge to fast-track you to Go mastery. Google Developer Expert in Go Andrew Walker has revised the original bestseller with William Kennedy, covering new language features and adding compelling real-world case studies. You’ll get a jump start on Go’s syntax and internals as you build a comprehensive and idiomatic view of Go. Skip the absolute basics, and get straight to language implementation including Go's type system, concurrency, channels, and testing. Every example in the book comes complete with working code samples for you to download and tinker with.