There are a few programming languages available for developing websites, but Javascript in particular stands out. That’s because: Javascript is the ONLY programming language that web browsers (e.g. Firefox) can understand and execute. The server side code can be all written in Javascript, thanks to Node.js The popular React library…

Git hooks are a useful way to automatically highlight/fix issues before you submit your code changes for review. For example git hooks can stop you accidentally including secrets (e.g. passwords) in your commits. There are different types of git hooks, pre-commit, commit-msg, pre-push…and etc, of which the pre-commit hooks are…

There’s really only two things you need before you can start developing in Golang, they are Golang itself, and an IDE. You can install Golang using a package manager or manually. There are a few IDEs to go for, but VS Code has become the most popular amongst Go developers. Setting up VS Code as a Golang IDE …

A brief intro to Memory Addresses Before you can understand Pointers, you first need to be familiar with memory addresses. Your OS uses memory addresses to track where all your data is stored in your system’s memory (RAM). Here’s an example of what a memory address looks like:

Anonymous functions are functions without a name. They are also known as Function literals. This article is part of the Functions in Go series You define anonymous functions using the usual func keyword, but with a slightly different syntax. …

Variadic functions are functions that are flexible about the number of arguments you can pass into it. This article is part of the Functions in Go series Variadic functions are defined using 3 dots, ..., here’s an example of this, where shoppingList ( line 8) is a variadic function.

The Go standard library's errors package makes it quick and easy to create error variables. Once the error variables are created, you can then use the if-statement pattern to decide what to do with it. This article is part of the Error Handling in Go series. The error’s package is…

To understand what error types are and how they work, you first need to be familiar with Go structs, methods, interfaces, and pointers. This article is part of the Error Handling in Go series. The error type is an interface type that comes built-in with Go. type error interface {…

When something unexpected occurs, then you want your app to raise that as an error and then perform some follow on tasks to address that error, aka error handling. Raising errors and error handling are common traits in well-written programs. This article is part of the Error Handling in Go…