Learning Go

Introduction

• Repository to save my Go programming language studies notes and references.

Install

• https://go.dev/doc/install

Tools

• Playground: https://go.dev/play/
• Tour: https://go.dev/tour/
• MailHog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog
• https://gobyexample.com/
• https://go-proverbs.github.io/
• https://www.asemanago.dev/
• https://golangweekly.com/

Libs and Frameworks

• HTTP
  • Gin: https://gin-gonic.com/
  • Fiber: https://docs.gofiber.io/
    • Examples: https://github.com/gofiber/recipes
  • Iris: https://www.iris-go.com/
• ORM
  • GoRM: https://gorm.io/
• Dotenv
  • GoDotEnv: https://github.com/joho/godotenv
• Live Reloading
  • Air: https://github.com/air-verse/air
• Admin Dashboard
  • GoAdmin: https://www.go-admin.com/
• Tests
  • Testify: https://github.com/stretchr/testify
• Utility
  • GoFunk: https://github.com/thoas/go-funk
  • GoUtil : https://github.com/gookit/goutil
• Databases
  • Golang-Migrate: https://github.com/golang-migrate/migrate

Online Courses

• YouTube
  • Aprenda Go PT-BR: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCKpcjBB_VlBsxJ9IseNxFllf-UFEXOdg
• Udemy
  • Learn How To Code: Google's Go (golang) Programming Language: https://www.udemy.com/course/learn-how-to-code

Articles

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): https://go.dev/doc/faq
• Why did you create a new language? https://go.dev/doc/faq#creating_a_new_language

Books

• A Linguagem de Programação Go

Github

• https://github.com/vkorbes/aprendago
• https://github.com/geiltonxavier/aprenda-go
• https://github.com/mmcgrana/gobyexample
• https://github.com/adonovan/gopl.io
• https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout

Cheat Sheet CLI commands

Module Management

• Initialize a new module

go mod init <module-name>

• Add dependencies

go get <package>

• Update dependencies

go get -u <package>

• Update dependencies and show details

go get -u -v <package>

• Organize the go.mod file

go mod tidy

• Check module consistency

go mod verify

• Show module dependencies

go list -m all

Compiling and Running

• Compile code

go build

• Compile for a specific file

go build -o <filename>

• Run code

go run <file>.go

• Install executable

go install

Tests

• Run tests

go test

• Run tests with details

go test -v

• Run tests on all packages

go test ./...

Documentation

• Show documentation for a package

go doc <package>

• Show documentation and examples for a package

go doc -all <package>

Miscellaneous Tools

• Format code

go fmt <file>.go

• Format all project files

go fmt ./...

• Check code style

go vet

• Download dependencies

go mod download

• Check dependency versions

go list -m -u all

Binary Generation

• Compile for multiple platforms

GOOS=<operating-system> GOARCH=<architecture> go build -o <filename>

Example for compiling for 64-bit Linux:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o meu_programa_linux

Tool Specific Commands

• Install a specific tool

go install <package>

Example for installing golint:

go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest

Package Management

• Check for outdated packages

go list -u -m all

Debugging

• Run the debugger

Note: dlv is part of the Delve package for debugging.

dlv debug