Golang News

Pitfalls of context values and how to avoid or mitigate them

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:35:00 +0000

13 points posted by kenny

Implementing binary search in Go #letslearnalgorithms

Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:25:00 +0000

13 points posted by kenny

How to use slice capacity and length in go #tutorials

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:56:00 +0000

This blog post discusses a common bug stemming from developers not understanding append and make, and then goes into the difference between slices and arrays so that it is easier to understand what capacity and length are and how they are used when making slices. 12 points posted by jon

How to determine if a JSON key has been set to null or not provided in Go #json

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:40:00 +0000

In this article we discuss how to differentiate between { "published_at": null } and a JSON payload that simply doesn't have the published_at key set at all. 10 points posted by jon

Useful ways to use closures in go

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 21:20:00 +0000

Explore five different real world use cases for closures that will help you understand and utilize closures better in your own code. 8 points posted by kenny

Securing cookies in go #web #cookies

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:23:00 +0000

Securing Cookies in Go

When I first started learning Go I had experience with web development, but a little less experience working directly with cookies. I was coming from a Rails background, and while I had to read/write cookies in Rails, I didn't actually need to implement all of the security measures myself.

7 points posted by andythomas

Why we import SQL drivers as the blank identifier ( _ ) in Go

Fri, 28 Oct 2016 07:56:00 +0000

7 points posted by drogo

Inserting records into a postgresql database using sql

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:01:00 +0000

6 points posted by andythomas

Using postgresql with Go

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:04:00 +0000

6 points posted by gopher

Querying for a single record using Go's sql package #sql #data

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:24:00 +0000

5 points posted by gopher

Inserting records into a postgresql database with Go

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:04:00 +0000

In this post we are going to take everything we have learned a step further and we are going to look at how to insert records into an SQL database, along with how the database/sql package helps us avoid any unwanted SQL injection attacks by cleaning the inputs we provide before executing SQL statements. Don't worry if you aren't familiar with SQL injection - we will be covering what it is and what exactly the database/sql package does to prevent it within this post. 5 points posted by gopher

Lets learn algorithms - an intro to bubble sort

Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:32:00 +0000

5 points posted by gopher

An Intro to Templates in Go #web

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 20:34:00 +0000

An article that introduces the html/template package in Go and reviews some of the context specific encoding that happens behind the scenes. This is part of a multi part series, and you can check out part 2 here: http://www.calhoun.io/http-www-calhoun-io-an-intro-to-templates-in-go-part-2/ 5 points posted by jon

Using code generation to survive without generics in go

Wed, 10 May 2017 16:52:00 +0000

If you have used Go (aka golang) for any amount of time, you have probably run into a situation where the language being both statically typed and not supporting generics has proven to be problematic. 4 points posted by lolly

Creating random strings in go #tutorial

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 01:13:00 +0000

I've written a bit about generating random strings in the past, but I felt the topic might be worth its own post for people new to programming or Go. Any feedback is welcome :) 4 points posted by jon

How to shuffle arrays and slices in go

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:04:00 +0000

Learn how to write a shuffle function using the random package's Intn and Perm functions. 3 points posted by jon

Why are slices sometimes altered when passed by value in go

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:08:00 +0000

3 points posted by drogo

Wrapping packages to isolate code responsibility

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:34:00 +0000

3 points posted by jon