Practice It: Go REST API Server

Use GitHub Codespaces to learn practical golang basics like project layout, creating go modules, importing libraries, creating a REST API server, and more.

Introduction

• Programming in Go
• What you should know
• Using GitHub Codespaces with this course

1. Some Basics

• Installing Go and third-party libraries
• Hello World
• Creating a new module
• Try it: Move functions to a new module
• Check it: Move functions to a new module

2. Some Advanced Basics

• Methods vs. functions
• Structs and receiver methods
• Pointers vs. value methods
• The database
• Try it: Create a struct and receiver methods
• Check it: Create a struct and receiver methods

3. The Rest API Server

• Using a router
• Try it: Add the router
• Check it: Add the router
• Creating handlers: GET
• Creating handlers: POST
• Try it: Create the order handler
• Check it: Create the order handler

4. POST and Beyond

• Integration tests
• Try it: Create integration tests
• Check it: Create integration tests

Conclusion

• Next steps