My next client wants to redevelop a java Webapp with go

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  • go

    The Go programming language

    Go Code Review Comments - tips and tricks adopted by major Go package authors.

  • chi

    lightweight, idiomatic and composable router for building Go HTTP services

    That said, the standard library in Go is indeed fantastic. For web APIs start with net/http then have a look at a good HTTP router like go-chi or gorilla/mux amongst the more popular ones.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • mux

    Discontinued A powerful HTTP router and URL matcher for building Go web servers with 🦍

    That said, the standard library in Go is indeed fantastic. For web APIs start with net/http then have a look at a good HTTP router like go-chi or gorilla/mux amongst the more popular ones.

  • zerolog

    Zero Allocation JSON Logger

    rs/zerolog - Logging (alternative uber-go/zap).

  • zap

    Blazing fast, structured, leveled logging in Go.

    rs/zerolog - Logging (alternative uber-go/zap).

  • cobra

    A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions

    spf13/cobra - CLI setups like starting the API service and accepting CLI flags, etc.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • pgtype

    [jackc/pgx](github.com/jackc/pgx) and jackc/pgtype for PostgreSQL interactions. Postgres is "defacto" database engine adopted by the Go community, of course, you can use other DBs as well as it has good support in Go.

  • GJSON

    Get JSON values quickly - JSON parser for Go

    tidwall/gjson - JSON processing.

  • errors

    Discontinued Simple error handling primitives

    pkg/errors or stdlib errors - Error handling, but I wrote my own package for that tailored to my projects' needs. (FYI primalskill/errors but please don't use it as it's not production-ready yet and it will change a lot)

  • guide

    The Uber Go Style Guide.

    Uber Go Style Guide - one of the more popular style guides created for Go by Uber.

  • golang-cheat-sheet

    An overview of Go syntax and features.

    A8M Go Cheat Sheet - a really really good cheat sheet for seasoned programmers learning Go.

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