5 Tips for Writing Idiomatic Code in Golang – Part 1

In this episode I share with you 5 tips for writing idiomatic code in Go! Let’s get into it:

■ Use gofmt
■ Keep receiver names short
■ Name packages accordingly
■ Group imports by their origin
■ Use short names for variables with limited scope

== Relevant links

■ 5 Tips for Writing Idiomatic Code in Golang – Part 2: https://youtu.be/lfQ4qLcE3Bo
■ 5 Tips for Writing Idiomatic Code in Golang – Part 3: https://youtu.be/qCg-FIkcJZw
■ Learning Go/Golang : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_F7bOImcjx4ZnCtfyNEqzCy
■ Example: https://github.com/MarioCarrion/videos/tree/f677912d9ee5fe8891bc2fffeb406d1db68a6a8a/2021/12/21

== All Go/Golang Playlists

■ Building Microservices in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_Fn8sAXIk0WyBfK_sT1pohu
■ Go/Golang Tools and Packages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_HEEOvH99agDs_5g51A0Ls3
■ Learning Concurrency Patterns in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_Fhj_px_DzNzTsXs-mRwv1t
■ Learning Go/Golang : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_F7bOImcjx4ZnCtfyNEqzCy
■ Learning Relational Databases in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_EgwoQTvNUflrYL_4qzdB7f
■ Software Architecture in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_GCd12Lrv_evJ3Zhv1dl8B-
■ Testing in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_HSeW4zF0uRL9EaHadE4ZZq

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00:00 – Start
00:10 – Idiomatic Golang Tip 1: Use gofmt
02:17 – Idiomatic Golang Tip 2: Keep receiver names short
04:52 – Idiomatic Golang Tip 3: Name packages accordingly
07:22 – Idiomatic Golang Tip 4: Group imports by their origin
09:11 – Idiomatic Golang Tip 5: Use short names for variables with limited Scope

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