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Announcing Go-TinyTime, Go-TinyDate's Sister Package
Apr 02, 2020 by Lane Wagner
time.Time is the perfect choice for handling times in Go in most cases, it even comes in the standard library!
Golang Conversions - Ints To Strings And Strong Typing
Mar 31, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Go is a strongly typed language, which means at any point a developer should know exactly what type of value they are dealing with.
How To Separate Library Packages in Go
Mar 29, 2020 by Lane Wagner
I’ve often seen, and have been responsible for, throwing code into packages without much thought. I’ve quickly drawn a line in the sand and started putting code into different folders (which in Go are different packages by definition) just for the sake of findability.
How to Use Mutexes in Go
Mar 19, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Golang is King when it comes to concurrency. No other language has so many tools right out of the box, and one of those tools is the standard library’s sync.
Best Practices for Interfaces in Go
Mar 15, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Interfaces in Go allow us to treat different types as the same data type temporarily because both types implement the same kind of behavior.
Wrapping Errors in Go - How to Handle Nested Errors
Mar 09, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Errors in Go are a hot topic. Many newcomers to the language immediately level their first criticism, “errors in go are clunky!
JWT Authentication in Golang
Feb 20, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Go is becoming very popular for backend web development, and JWT’s are one of the most popular ways to handle authentication on API requests.
BitBanged SPI in Go, An Explanation
Jan 09, 2020 by Lane Wagner
I’m going to focus mostly on some design decisions and also how I went about writing an SPI interface using Go on a Raspberry Pi.
Top 6 Golang Logging Best Practices
Jan 07, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Let’s discuss a few rules of thumb for logging in Go, as well as some features you may not have heard of that can make debugging easier.
How to Create Constant Maps, Slices, & Arrays in Golang
Oct 21, 2019 by Lane Wagner
The quick answer is that Go does not support constant arrays, maps or slices. However, there are some great workarounds.
The Proper Use of Pointers in Go (Golang)
Sep 25, 2019 by Lane Wagner
Go has become increasingly popular in recent years, especially in my local area. It has been consistently displacing other backend languages like Ruby, Python, C# and Java.