Recent Series

In this series we explore how you might structure an application written in Go. We start by examining why it is so hard for everyone to just agree on a universal structure, and then dive into a few various options looking at the pros and cons of each. By the end you should have a solid understanding of how to go about deciding what structure is best for your context when you start your next application in Go. We will mostly focus on web applications, but the overall message applies for almost all apps written in Go.

This three part series explains what closures are, how to create them in Go, and then goes on to discuss some common use cases where you might need them. After that it covers some common mistakes that developers make when creating closures in Go

This four part series explores Go's template package, which can be used to render HTML or text. Topics covered include contextual encoding, actions, using functions in templates, and how to build a proper view layer for a web application.

A series focused on teaching how algorithms work, what they are used for, and demonstrates how to implement them using the programming language Go.

A series covering everything needed to install and start using PostgreSQL with Go's standard libraries, followed by a tour of some popular Golang ORMs.