Go write a book!

A short presentation about why and how I wrote a book about the Go programming language in Brazilian Portuguese.

Transcript

1. GO WRITE A BOOK! Caio Filipini @caiofilipini
2. AGENDA WHY WRITE A BOOK? WHY GO? HOW I WROTE MY BOOK THE OUTCOME Q&A
3. WHY WRITE A BOOK?
4. TEACHING
5. LEARNING
6. HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY
7. FAME? SAY MY NAME…
8. PROFIT?
9. YEAH, SURE.
10. WHY GO?
11. BIG COMPANIES AND PROJECTS
12. BRIGHT MINDS BEHIND IT
13. SMALL LANGUAGE, EASY TO LEARN.
14. COMPILED, FAST, STATICALLY TYPED.
15. FEW, YET POWERFUL FEATURES
16. SIMPLE, BUILT-IN CONCURRENCY MODEL.
17. GROWING COMMUNITY IN BRAZIL BUT…
18. NO BOOKS IN PORTUGUESE
19. HOW I WROTE MY BOOK
20. PUBLISHER
21. WRITE EVERY DAY. EVEN IF YOU WRITE ONLY A FEW LINES. BE CONSTANT.
23. DAY 1: 282 WORDS WRITTEN
24. DAY 2: REVISION
25. DAY 3: 589 WORDS WRITTEN
26. SO FAR, SO GOOD
27. DAY 4:
28. DAY 5:
30. IT’S HARD TO KEEP THE PACE. BUT VERY IMPORTANT.
31. QUESTION: HOW MANY WORDS DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN A HELLO WORLD PROGRAM ?
34. WAT?
36. QUESTION: HOW MANY WORDS DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN A QUICKSORT PROGRAM ?
39. PROGRAMMING IS EASY. UNDERSTANDING A PROGRAM IS HARD.
40. EXPLAINING A PROGRAM IS SUPER HARD.
41. THE OUTCOME
43. RELEASED ON JULY 1st 2014.
44. ~5 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
45. 172 PAGES.
46. 199 COMMITS.
47. 31872 WORDS.
48. ~1779 LINES OF CODE SAMPLES.
49. ~270 LINES OF CODE URL SHORTENER BUILT FROM SCRATCH.
51. 220 UNITS SOLD. :-)
52. LINKS http://caiofilipini.me/book.html http://www.casadocodigo.com.br/products/livro-google-go https://github.com/caiofilipini/casadocodigo-go https://github.com/caiofilipini/encurtador
53. ?
54. THANK YOU! Caio Filipini @caiofilipini