Learning Go
Learning Go by Jon Bodnerby Jon Bodner
Shares rank 38 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended as a well-regarded, enjoyable introduction to the Go programming language, with some readers preferring it to the official Go book.
Recommended as a well-regarded, enjoyable introduction to the Go programming language, with some readers preferring it to the official Go book.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as a good, great book
“Yours is a good book (got both editions myself)”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore” “Learning Go is such a great book.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore”
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The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Learning Goby Jon BodnerThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I really enjoy “Learning Go” over the official go book.”
“Yours is a good book (got both editions myself)”
“Your book was my path to Go. Thank you! Having a physical book means much to me.”
“Learning Go is such a great book.”
“Your book is highly recommended in the Go community.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.