A case-study in end-to-end testing with Golang
Unit tests form a key part of modern software testing, however we tend to neglect end to end tests for various reasons. Through a case-study, I'll sh...
5 keys to create a killer CLI in Go
We're having a renaissance of CLIs - every programming language from Node.js to Go to less fashionable ones like .NET all have CLIs and developers lo...
Inject build-time variables with Golang
In this blog post I'm going to show you how to inject variables into your Golang executable at build-time. This is most useful for tagging your binar...
Golang basics - writing unit tests
In the previous post titled "Grab JSON from an API" we explored how to interact with a HTTP client and parse JSON. This post is a continuation of tha...
Merging an Open-Source Pull Request
I'm going to share a video with you where I merge a PR on Github where I use two more advanced techniques to provide an alternative to a straight git...
Golang and Docker 1.13 on your Raspberry Pi
This post is a quick for getting a Golang development environment set up on your Raspberry Pi with Docker 1.13. Golang is a compiled language which...
Golang basics - fetch JSON from an API
This is a recipe in Golang for making a "GET" request over HTTP to an API on the Internet. We will be querying an endpoint provided for free that tel...