Articles with the tag "web-development"

Developing a web application without separating the logic used to parse an incoming request from the actual application logic can be painful. It is hard to test your card, dependencies aren't clear, and the code can become a mess. Learn how to apply the service object pattern to your Go code in order to properly isolate these concerns, making it easier to test, maintain, and read your code.

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.

Storing data in a context.Context, or as I refer to it - using context values, is one of the most contentious design patterns in Go. Storing values in a context appears to be fine with everyone, but what specifically should be stored as a context value receives a lot of heated discussion. I’ll be honest - when I started using them I used them in the naive and somewhat inappropriate way that everyone complains about.

Learn to insert new records into a Postgres database using Go's database/sql package, along with how to get the resulting ID of newly created records.

Learn how to create a reusable view layer to simplify HTML rendering. This includes creating a shared layout, defining default templates that can be overridden, and including the same templates across various pages without putting all of the code into a single file.

Go's template package provides many useful built-in functions. Learn to use a few of the more common ones, as well as how to add custom fucntions to your templates so that you can add any functionality you need.