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How to build an API with Go and Gin

Learn how to build a simple grocery management API using Go and Gin! We'll create a straightforward grocery item model and use Gin to build the CRUD API.

Mastering regular expressions in Go

From basic patterns to advanced techniques, this article will equip you with the knowledge to use regex effectively and efficiently in your Go applications.

Creating a CRUD application with Golang and MySQL

In this guide, we'll take you through the process of building a robust Go-based CRUD application. By the end of this journey, you'll have the skills to create powerful web applications using Go and MySQL as your data backbone.

A comprehensive guide to file operations in Go

Dive into the world of file operations in Go and explore advanced concepts such as file manipulation, reading, writing, error handling, and more. It's time level up your Go skills.

The complete guide to dates and times in Go

Discover the power of Go's time package capabilities! From parsing and formatting dates to manipulating time zones and durations, this guide equips you with the essential knowledge on handling dates and times effectively in your Go applications.

A Step-by-step guide to creating production-ready APIs in Go with Gin and Gorm

Take your API development skills to the next level with Go, Gin, JWT, and Gorm. Follow this detailed step-by-step guide to create robust, secure, and production-ready APIs that harness the power of authentication, authorization, and database integration.

Error handling in Go: defer, panic, and recover

Discover Go's unique approach to error handling! In this article, you'll master best practices with practical examples and learn how to wield the power of defer, panic, and recover to create robust and resilient Go applications.

An Introduction to Go Tooling

When picking a language for your next project, few things are more critical than the tooling it provides. In this article, Ayooluwa Isaiah wraps up our Go for Rubyists series with an introduction to go tooling.

A Gentle Introduction to Web Services With Go

When you're deciding on a technology to use for your project, it helps to have a broad understanding of your options. You may be tempted to build a web service in Go for performance reasons - but what would that code actually look like? How would it compare to languages like Ruby or JS? In this article, Ayooluwa Isaiah gives us a guided tour through the building blocks of go web services so you'll be well-informed.

Evaluating Go's Package Management and Module Systems

When you're evaluating a language for your next project, few things are more important than available third-party libraries and the package manager that ties them together. While early versions of Go lacked a package manager, they've made up for lost time. In this article, Ayooluwa Isaiah introduces us to go's module ecosystem to help us decide if go is "a go" for our next project.

Why Rubyists Should Consider Learning Go

These days fewer and fewer web developers get to specialize in a single language like Ruby. We use different tools for different jobs. In this article, Ayooluwa Isaiah argues that Go is the perfect complement to Ruby. The developer who knows both is in a great position to handle almost any back-end challenge.

Logging in Go: Choosing a System and Using it

Go has built-in features to make it easier for programmers to implement logging. Third parties have also built additional tools to make logging easier. What's the difference between them? Which should you choose? In this article Ayooluwa Isaiah describes both of these and discusses when you'd prefer one over the other.

Go write a web app! Five interesting Go web frameworks

Go is such a new language that even more established frameworks can have interesting quirks. One of the key issues learning the Go framework is the availability of useful documentation. Unfortunately, Go framework maintainers don’t always prioritize writing the documentation necessary to get new programmers up to speed on their frameworks. The five frameworks below, however, have usable documentation and are straightforward to use.
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