go-timer

Use timers and intervals like you would in JavaScript, but in Go.

Install go get github.com/coreybutler/go-timer

Example Usage

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "github.com/coreybutler/go-timer"
  "time"
)

func main () {
  t := timer.SetInterval(func (args ...interface{}) {
    fmt.Println(args)
  }, 1000, "hello world")
  
  t2 := timer.SetTimeout(func (args ...interface{}) {
    fmt.Println(args)
  }, 1200, "I ran once")

  time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
}

After running for 5 seconds, the script above would output:

hello world
I ran once
hello world
hello world
hello world

---

Why?

Most of my day-to-day code is written in JavaScript. My primary motivator was creating a lightweight module that provided a similar coding experience to JavaScript's setTimeout and setInterval. Of course, Go is different, but this package provides an API that is more familiar to JavaScript developers working with Go.

Additionally, writing timers with Go is a tiny bit pedantic. Wrapping Go's ticker functionality makes the code more readable and easier to understand.