What is 'iota' in Go?

iota is a neat feature of Go that lets us create “enums”: lists of constants with arbitrary values. Let’s find out how to use iota, with this quick tutorial.

The smallest thing in Go

iota is a neat feature of Go that lets us create “enums”: lists of constants with arbitrary values. Let’s find out how to use iota, with this quick tutorial.

Don't require people to change 'source code' to configure your programs

Range-Over Functions in Go

Introduction In my previous post, I discussed the current state of looping in Go. In this post, we’re going to look into a future feature for the Go programming language called range-over function experiment. Go lacks a standard iterator protocol and this is an attempt to provi...

Go Developer Survey 2024 H1 Results

What we learned from our 2024 H1 developer survey

GoTime #311 - Ship software, not code

I was live with Natalie to discuss how GOOS and GOARCH spark joy.

GNU Autoconf is not replaceable in any practical sense

Test names should be sentences

Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and even our future selves. Well-written tests focus on a single unit of behaviour that can be described in a brief sentence, and we can use that sentence as the name of the test.

Test names should be sentences

Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and even our future selves. Well-written tests focus on a single unit of behaviour that can be described in a brief sentence, and we can use that sentence as the name of the test.

Go 1.22.2-1 and 1.21.9-1 Microsoft builds now available

The Microsoft builds of the Go security patches released today, April 4, are now available for download. The post Go 1.22.2-1 and 1.21.9-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.