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Jul 6, 2013
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7 min read
Singleton Design Pattern in Go
Multi-threaded applications are very complicated, especially when your code is not organized and consistent with how resources are accessed, managed and maintained. If …
Jul 5, 2013
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8 min read
How Packages Work in Go
Since I started writing code in Go it has been a mystery to me how best to organize my code and use the package keyword. The package keyword is similar to using a …
Jun 24, 2013
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13 min read
Running Go Programs as a Background Process
I have been writing Windows services in C/C++ and then in C# since 1999. Now that I am writing server based software in Go for the Linux OS I am completely lost. What is …
Jun 17, 2013
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3 min read
Reading XML Documents in Go
I was really surprised how easy it was to read an XML document using the encoding/xml package that comes with the standard library. The package works by defining structs …
Jun 13, 2013
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3 min read
Send an email in Go with smtp.SendMail
I wanted to send an email from my TraceLog package when a critical exception occurred. Fortunately Go’s standard library has a package called smpt which can be …
Jun 11, 2013
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5 min read
Go's time.Duration Type Unravelled
I have been struggling with using the Time package that comes in the Go standard library. My struggles have come from two pieces of functionality. First, trying to …
Jun 8, 2013
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14 min read
Understanding Defer, Panic and Recover
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 …
Jun 5, 2013
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8 min read
Documenting Go Code With Godoc
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 …
Jun 2, 2013
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3 min read
Installing Go, Gocode, GDB and LiteIDE
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 …