Questions tagged [golang]
The term sometimes used for the Go Programming Language, since searching for just Go is usually too broad.
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Is there existing technology write code to be executed in response to an email being sent for a certain email? [closed]
Similarly to a rest api, I want a server to listen for an email to an address I have created, and in response to mail being received, run code that I have created. Is this possible already? I ...
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Can I add new function for protobuf generated struct
I am using protobuf definitions to define message types.
Structure looks like
message1 {
}
message2 {
bytes msg1 = 1
}
So message2 has a field which is a byte array representation of message1. I ...
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REST API with 1000 query templates?
How do I manage maybe 1000 SQL-queries in a Golang REST API?
My SQL experience is at the upper basic level using Postgresql. I am today using a tool that you can use plain SQL as well as sort of ORM ...
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Building object with arbitrary functionalities
I am trying to look for the right design pattern for the below scenario.
I am trying to create an object/binary with different modules, a module is a functionality that I want to provide to that ...
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How can a factory method stay true to “Accept interfaces, and return structs” in Golang?
Let's us say I have a package which contains different types of TV structs. Now, based on the parameters passed I would like to return a specific TV type.
How is it possible to return the specific ...
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How to test interactors in clean architecture?
After reading the last book from Robert C. Martin, I've tried a to develop some big Go applications following clean architecture.
While writing interactors, I end up with a lot of complex unit tests, ...
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How to structure a Go application, architected according to the clean architecture
I'm trying to build a project using the clean architecture, as described here. I found a great article on how to do this in Go.
The example is a very simple one, and the author puts their code into ...
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How to deal with licensing when importing remote packages in golang?
In golang, one can import packages with urls such as import "github.com/foo/bar". Do I still have to include the license of the remote package, as I'm not including library source code directly? How ...
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Concurrently parsing records in a binary file in Go
I have a binary file that I want to parse. The file is broken up into records that are 1024 bytes each. The high level steps needed are:
Read 1024 bytes at a time from the file.
Parse each 1024-byte "...
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How can I include common strings (regexes) in several projects written in different languages?
I have a simple Go library (~300 lines, mostly type declarations and nice methods and compatibility methods for gomobile etc., also pretty-printing scripts). The heart of the whole project are two ...
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How perform automated tests over code that changes a DBMS (throught DML or DDL)?
I'm written a software as an exercise to improve my skills and I ask my self about how to test code that changes a database.
Let the code in my github:
https://github.com/daniloanp/Ensaios/blob/...
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How can I effectively design password authentication for encryption in my project?
I'm working on a small personal project that involves a user entering a password that would then allow them to view a text file that would otherwise be encrypted.
I'm having trouble wrapping my head ...
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Flow control in Go without a for loop
I've been set a challenge that I'm trying to get my head around, but am struggling with the best (or 'correct') way to implement it. The challenge is to create a simple console app written in Go that ...
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Exposing blocking API in golang?
I have a golang library that abstracts a network service (think IRC-alike). The network server produces events which users of my library should consume. I'm using blocking network calls internally. I ...
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Sorting an array based on another array's order, quickly [closed]
There are two arrays of maps. The first array contains maps of ID values in a specific order (but not necessarily either pure ASC or DESC ordering):
// pseudo code
first := [
{"id": 1},
{"...
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Best Possible Way To Write Unit Tests For HTTP Middleware
I am using this go library(https://github.com/abourget/goproxy) to create a custom proxy server app. The app is utilizing several middleware of the following form:
MyMiddlewarFunc(ctx *goproxy....
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Identical Databases for Multiple Users Reading Efficiency
Our project utilizes a static database (no writes). With many users we don't actually have a problem per se reading it. If a database "locks" per read request by any user, then would it not be more ...
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TDD Duplicate Testing on Related Classes
In following the principle of testing only the exported functions on a package (using Go - or for others languages, the public functions on a class), I'm running into a scenario where related packages ...
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Golang Testing Process [closed]
I am new to golang and RunC and now doing some research on it as a part of my intership. What kind of contents do the ' _test.go ' functions check during testing a program or a container with Golang (...
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Use of “this” in Golang
On the closest thing Golang has to a style guide found here, under Receiver Names this is written:
The name of a method's receiver should be a reflection of its identity; often a one or two letter ...
