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July 2023

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☑ All Go: Loose Ends

In this, my sixth and probably final article on the Go programming language, I’m running through some smaller features which I didn’t go into detail on in earlier articles. We’ll look at extending and copying slices in more detail, type assertions, error handling, common string manipulations, basic file I/O, embedding files in binaries, and context objects.

This is the 6th of the 6 articles that currently make up the “All Go” series, the first of which was All Go: Basic Semantics.

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25 Jul 2023 at 9:27AM in Software
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pile boxes

☑ All Go: Building and Testing

In this, my fifth article on the Go programming language, I’m looking at the build and packaging process, and other tooling. I’ll start by looking at how code is structured into packages, and then look at the tools for building, packaging and testing.

This is the 5th of the 6 articles that currently make up the “All Go” series, the first of which was All Go: Basic Semantics.

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7 Jul 2023 at 7:07AM in Software
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June 2023

grey cogs

☑ All Go: Concurrency

In this, my fourth article on the Go programming language, I’m going to tackle the topic of concurrency. This concept of goroutines is one of the languages main selling points, so I’ll be interested to see how they work. We’ll also look at channels, which are used to communicate between goroutines.

This is the 4th of the 6 articles that currently make up the “All Go” series, the first of which was All Go: Basic Semantics.

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23 Jun 2023 at 9:15PM in Software
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☑ All Go: Closures, Deferred Actions and Generics

In this, my third article on the Go programming language, I’m going to look at some of the additional features. Specifically we’ll look at closures and deferred actions, and also Go’s support for generics.

This is the 3rd of the 6 articles that currently make up the “All Go” series, the first of which was All Go: Basic Semantics.

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15 Jun 2023 at 1:10PM in Software
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☑ All Go: Methods and Interfaces

Having looked at the basic semantics of Go in the previous article, I’m continuing my exploration by looking at Go’s facilities for object orientation. This looks at structures and embedding in more detail, as well as methods and interfaces.

This is the 2nd of the 6 articles that currently make up the “All Go” series, the first of which was All Go: Basic Semantics.

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10 Jun 2023 at 9:11AM in Software
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☑ All Go: Basic Semantics

Having written a lot of articles about Python and Rust, I thought it was about time I took a look at another popular modern language, Go. In this article I’m kicking off by looking at the basic syntax and semantics as a foundation for looking at the more advanced features in future articles.

This is the 1st of the 6 articles that currently make up the “All Go” series.

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3 Jun 2023 at 10:45PM in Software
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