Basic Go

• go test -bench=.
• go test -cover
• go test ./... -cover
• In Go if a symbol (variables, types, functions et al) starts with a lowercase symbol then it is private outside the package it's defined in.
• go install github.com/kisielk/errcheck@latest
  • package to help identify errors that have not been checked
  • errcheck .
• In Go interface resolution is implicit. If the type you pass in matches what the interface is asking for, it will compile. (structsmethodsinterfaces.go)

Resources

• How to Write Go Code (with GOPATH)
• Don’t just check errors, handle them gracefully
• Pointers in Go