I am building my TraceLog package and it is really important that the package logs any internal exceptions and prevents panics from shutting down the application. The TraceLog package must never be responsible for shutting down an application. I also have internal go routines that must never terminate until the application is shut down gracefully. Understanding how to use Defer and Recover in your application can be a bit tricky at first, especially if you are used to using try/catch blocks.

As you know if you read my blog, I have been building a set of new utility packages so I can start developing an application server I need for a new project. I am brand new to Go and the Mac OS. Needless to say it has been one hell of an education over the past month. But I don’t miss Windows or C# at all. I made some progress in my coding and wanted to build documentation for the code.

Check out my new installtion document: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog/2016/05/installing-go-and-your-workspace.html I removed the sections about gocode and GDB. These are not necessary any longer. I also added links for more editors. Windows This is a great post by Wade Wegner for installing Go on your Windows Machine: http://www.wadewegner.com/2014/12/easy-go-programming-setup-for-windows/ Mac OS X The following instructions will guide you through installing Go on your Mac. Step 1: Download Go Open your favorite browser and go to the following website:

For the past 20 years I have been writing server based and application software on the Microsoft stack. First in C/C++ leveraging the Win32 API and then in C# when .Net first was released. Over the past few months I have realized that trying to build scalable code on the Microsoft stack is becoming impossible. Why, Technology and Cost!! Let's start with the licensing. Luckily I was accepted into the Bizspark program.

After working in Go for some time now, I learned how to use an unbuffered channel to build a pool of goroutines. I like this implementation better than what is implemented in this post. That being said, this post still has value in what it describes. https://github.com/goinggo/work Introduction In my world of server development thread pooling has been the key to building robust code on the Microsoft stack. Microsoft has failed in .