Abusing Go Syntax to Create a Domain-Specific Language
Go is often the tool of choice for building the guts of a high-performance system, but Go was also designed with some features that are great for building high-level abstractions.
Writing good unit tests for SOLID Go
Dave Cheney covered how interfaces are used to design good Go code in his SOLID Go Design talk and blog post. In this blog post, we are going to focus on some tips on how to write unit tests for that beautiful SOLID code.
Finding good packages in the Sea of Open-Source
So far we’ve seen different ways to use Go to build a variety of applications, from versioning your data pipelines to building your own BBQ grill controller.
The default GOPATH
Go 1.8 will set a default GOPATH if the GOPATH env variable is not set. The requirement of setting a GOPATH has been a major issue for Go users who installed the Go tools for the first time and got the “you have to set a GOPATH” error in their initial experience with...
Goroutree: A tree-based set made of coordinating goroutines
This was one of those projects that sat in the back of my mind for quite a while. It was destined to join the many others in my side project graveyard unless I had a good reason to finish it, like a date for a blog post.
The Saga of Go Dependency Management
The Saga of Go Dependency Management The Go community is on the cusp of some major shifts in the way we handle dependencies. These shifts are a long time coming, and involve the work and effort of dozens, if not hundreds, of people.
Data Pipelines and Versioning with the Pachyderm Go Client
I know about Gophers, but what is a Pachyderm? Pachyderm is an open source framework, written in Go, for reproducible data processing. With Pachyderm, you can create language agnostic data pipelines where the data input and output of each stage of your pipeline are versioned cont...
Go and a Package Focused Design
Developers often tend to think about designing software in terms of using logical layers of abstractions. I have seen many Go projects with layers of abstractions that reflect grouping of all common things together such as types (model), handlers for all services (api or controll...
HTTP/2 Server Push
Go 1.8 is going to feature support for HTTP/2 server push. HTTP/2 has many features designed to make the Web faster. One of those features is the server push, the ability to send resources before the client asks for it. This feature enables websites to push assets like JavaScript...
Some Tools For Go That You Might Not Know Yet
Year’s end is coming closer. Time to clean up repositories and polishing up the toolset. All the well-known tools have been installed already–is there anything else to add to the toolbox?