Effective Serialization In Go: JSON, Protocol Buffers and More

Learn how to work effectively with serialization in Go.

Introduction

• Effective serialization in Go
• What you should know
• Working with Codespaces

1. Serialization Overview

• Why do we need serialization?
• Picking a format
• General rules
• Formats overview

2. Go-Specific Formats

• String representation
• encoding.TextMarshaler
• encoding/gob
• Challenge: User database
• Solution: User database

3. Working with JSON

• encoding/json API
• Custom marshaling
• Zero vs. missing values
• Handling dynamic types
• Streaming JSON
• Challenge: Marshal metrics
• Solution: Marshal metrics

4. Working with Protocol Buffers

• Protocol buffers overview
• Generating code
• Using the generated code
• Working with time
• Emitting JSON
• Challenge: Encode RideEnd to a file
• Solution: Encode a RideEnd to a file

5. Other Serialization Formats

• YAML and TOML
• XML
• CSV
• SQL
• Challenge: ETL
• Solution: ETL

Conclusion

• Next steps