JSON (Javascript Object Notation) is a widely used format for representing data. Due to its easy-to-read format, developers often use JSON files to represent important configuration/environment variables. Apart from this, most RESTful APIs return data encoded in a JSON format, so knowing how to deal with such data can be very useful in real world […]
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Hello again! While the previous few tutorials were mostly based on simple concepts, we’ll be now looking at a more practical example – Building a custom-made Slack bot using Go! We’ll be now creating our own Slack bot which can push messages to a channel, notifying all users who are subscribed to it. Let’s get
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Hello again! In a previous discussion, we talked about using the native map container in Go. In this tutorial, we’ll be exploring more about maps in particular, by iterating through them. We’ll also have a brief overview of how this scenario changes in a multi-threaded environment as well, so keep reading for more! Now, let’s
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Today we’ll get into a more in-depth look into a package in Go called reflect. It is on the more intermediate to advanced implementation side. In this tutorial, we’ll see what it is and how it is used. For a deeper understanding, you can also check out Implementing reflection in Reflection and Type Switching in Go.
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This is the final part of the gRPC tutorial. If you haven’t checked the rest out, here’s the link: Introduction to gRPC with Golang. Unary gRPC with Golang – 1 We have already covered the basics, and code generation, and testing. Now we’ll code our main server and client. Main Server and Client Create two
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This is Part 2 of the gRPC tutorials. If you haven’t checked that out, here’s the link: Introduction to gRPC with Golang. Since we covered all the basics, we’ll directly jump into implementing a unary gRPC with GO. Define a proto service Implement server in Go Implement client in Go Error Handling Homebrew and Protoc
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Here, we will learn everything about what gRPC is and how we can implement it with the Go programming language. Be sure to have a notebook or text editor ready to take notes for future reference. Also, go through some of the other tutorials on this website if you’re interested. Why gRPC? Today, applications are
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I will explain how redis works, and how to use it.
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Today I bring to you another new fascinating package I’ve discovered, and which I’ve been tinkering with for a while now. And that is the finance-go package created by Michael Ackley, which allows us to directly retrieve stock market data on various crypto-currencies and quotes, equities, options, etc. pulled from Yahoo Finance.
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A side tangent for a deeper understanding of how and what reflection is, and how types and values in Go work. Be sure to check out the main article: Golang reflect package.
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