# Go resources

I've considered these resources when making development decisions.😎

__Go is backwards compatible.__ So these resources are still all relevant.⚡️⚡️

## The Basics

* [Effective Go](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html)
* [Error handling and Go](https://blog.golang.org/error-handling-and-go)
* [JSON and Go](https://blog.golang.org/json-and-go)
* [Go Slices: usage and internals](https://blog.golang.org/go-slices-usage-and-internals)
* [Go maps in action](https://blog.golang.org/go-maps-in-action)
* [Idiomatic Go Tricks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeetIgNeIkc)
* [Structuring Applications in Go](https://medium.com/@benbjohnson/structuring-applications-in-go-3b04be4ff091)
* [SliceTricks](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/SliceTricks)
* [Go Walkthrough: io package](https://medium.com/go-walkthrough/go-walkthrough-io-package-8ac5e95a9fbd)

## Interfaces

[A GIF decoder: an exercise in Go interfaces](https://blog.golang.org/gif-decoder-exercise-in-go-interfaces)

## Testing

* [Structuring Tests in Go](https://medium.com/@benbjohnson/structuring-tests-in-go-46ddee7a25c)
* [Golang Testing Techniques by Andrew Gerrand](https://talks.golang.org/2014/testing.slide#1)
* [Building and Testing a REST API in GoLang using Gorilla Mux and MySQL](https://medium.com/@kelvin_sp/building-and-testing-a-rest-api-in-golang-using-gorilla-mux-and-mysql-1f0518818ff6)
* [Prefer table driven tests](https://dave.cheney.net/2019/05/07/prefer-table-driven-tests)

## Concurrency

* [Step-by-step guide to concurrency](https://yourbasic.org/golang/concurrent-programming/)
* [Learning Go’s Concurrency Through Illustrations](https://medium.com/@trevor4e/learning-gos-concurrency-through-illustrations-8c4aff603b3)
* [Concurrency made easy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKQOunhhf4A)
* [Rob Pike - Concurrency Is Not Parallelism](https://vimeo.com/49718712)
* [Go Concurrency Patterns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6kdp27TYZs)
* [How to Gracefully Close Channels](https://go101.org/article/channel-closing.html)