Learning Golang: Versioning Tools as Dependencies using Go Modules

How can we add tools written in Go to our dependencies? How can I track tool dependencies for a module? How can we manage tools using Go Modules? With the idea of versioning them, as well as to make sure we have all their dependencies as part of our repository, and let’s not forget we can also add dependabot to make sure those are updated when the versions are released.

Welcome to another Learning Go video! In this episode I’m sharing with you how you how to add Go/Golang tools as dependencies into your project using the “Tools as Dependencies” paradigm which was unofficially introduced when Go Modules were added to the toolchain.

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RELEVANT LINKS

* Example code: https://github.com/MarioCarrion/todo-api-microservice-example/tree/e44dc3d4016b80b8102eb1214fea452aebdd2667

* Tools as Dependencies Paradigm: https://github.com/go-modules-by-example/index/blob/master/010_tools/README.md
* “direnv” is an extension for your shell. It augments existing shells with a new feature that can load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory: https://direnv.net/

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

00:00 – Start
00:10 – Using direnv as a sandbox Go/Golang tool
02:35 – Defining Go/Golang tools as dependencies
05:22 – Using dependabot for Go/Golang tool dependencies
06:03 – Adding a new Go/Golang tool dependency
09:22 – Go/Golang Tools as Dependencies Conclusion

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