This post is a text version of packagemain #6: Building Desktop App in Go using Wails video.
As we all know, Go is mostly used to build APIs, web backends, CLI tools. But what’s interesting is that Go can be used in places we were not expecting to see it.
Applications with database layer mostly need to execute database migration as part of its deployment process. Usually, running migrations is the first step when deploying the application.
Earlier this month Google Cloud Functions team finally announced beta support of Go, the runtime uses Go 1.11, which includes go modules as we know.
Seems like ClickHouse is experiencing growth in industries like IoT, Web Analytics, AdTech, Log Management, because of its robustness with big amounts of data.
In practice-go we often use table driven testing to be able to test all function scenarios. For example the FindAnagrams() function returns us a list of anagrams found in the dictionary for given input. To be able to test this function properly we need to test multiple cases, like empty input, valid input, invalid input, etc. We could right different asserts to make it, but it’s much more easier to use table tests.
This is a text version of this video: packagemain #11: Getting started with OAuth2 in Go.
Authentication usually is very important part in any application. You can always implement your own authentication system, but it will require a lot of work, registration, forgot password form, etc. That’s why OAuth2 was created, to allow user to log in using one of the many accounts user already has.
If you’re looking to create AI agents and bots without any coding, Runbear makes it super easy by offering a no-code platform that integrates seamlessly with Slack, MS Teams, HubSpot, and Zendesk, allowing you to set up custom AI assistants in just minutes.
A couple of months ago I moved from a Team Lead position to being an engineering manager at Wizeline Vietnam on a small sized team. I’ve found that this role change comes with a mindset change. Some things that mattered before when I was an individual contributor (writing good code, applying best engineering practices) became less important. On the other hand, new things became more important, e.g. team health, team success and team career growth.
This is a text version of this video: packagemain #10: Building Google Home Action in Go.
Google Home is a voice Assistant, similar to Amazon Alexa, but working with Google services. It has a lot of built-in integrations, but what is interesting for us developers is that we can build our programs for it. Google calls them Actions.
This is a text version of this video: packagemain #5: Face Detection in Go using OpenCV and MachineBox.
