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"How to Properly Use Defer in Golang" #golang #go #codenewbies

What is the “defer” keyword in Go? In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows developers to delay the execution of a function until the current functions returns. What throws some people off is that the deferred function’s arguments are evaluated immediately, but the function itself doesn’t fire until the wrapping function exits. Simple defer example – hello world func…

We just published "Comprehensive Guide to Dates and Times in Go" #Go #Golang #100DaysOfCode

Keeping track of time in code has long been a developer’s nightmare. While no language or package manages time perfectly, I’m of the opinion that Golang does a pretty good job out-of-the-box. This full tutorial is designed to answer ~90% of the questions you’ll have about managing time in Go. Table of Contents Overview – How dates and times are stored in GoGet the current time with…

Do you have a CI/CD pipeline you're satisfied with? We just published "Continuous Deployments != Continuous Disruptions" #100DaysOfCode #DevOps

Luckily, I’ve met very few engineers in my career who are outright opposed to continuous deployment. That said, I have met some, and I think their hesitation is usually rooted in the myth that continuous causes more disruptions to end-users than a batched release cycle. What is continuous deployment? Before we get into the nitty-gritty of why continuous deployment (CD) is almost always better…

Are you a fan of web development? Check out the article we just released, "The Ultimate Guide to JSON in Go" #go #golang

Being a language built for the web, Go offers feature-rich support for working with JSON data. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an unbelievably popular data interchange format whose syntax resembles simple JavaScript objects. It’s one of the most common ways for web applications to communicate. Encoding and decoding with struct tags Go takes a unique approach for working with JSON data. The…

Sick of Webpack configurations? Hard time setting up hot reloading? Just want fast builds? "Migrating From Vue-CLI & Webpack to Vitejs" #vue #vuejs #frontend #codenewbie

Qvault’s web app that hosts all of my coding courses is a single-page application written in Vue 2, with plans to migrate to Vue 3 soon™©®. In the meantime, I happened across a cool new tooling app called Vite that promised a few things that caught my attention. Nearly instant development server startup timeHot module replacement out of the boxSimple configurationOut-of-the-box support for ES…

"How and Why to Write Enums in Go" was just publihsed - Go is unique in it's enum style. Do you prefer Go's style or another languages?

An enum, which is short for enumerator, is a set of named constant values. Enums are a powerful tool that allow developers to create complex sets of constants that have useful names yet simple types. Syntax Example Within a constant declaration, the iota keyword denotes successive untyped integer constants. type BodyPart int const (     Head BodyPart = iota // Head = 0     Shoulder //…

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Solution: How to receive my own Google Groups posts by e-mail? #dev #solution #programming

How to receive my own Google Groups posts by e-mail?

I’m setting up a Google Group for use as an open-source mailing-list. In Mailman, as a user I can choose to receive copies of all messages by email (even ones that I send and ones that are cc:ed to me). Can I do the same as a Google Groups user? Being set to “Send me an email for every new message” doesn’t seem to be enough.

Ditto for messages…