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Using go:generate

Let’s learn how to use the go:generate command.

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Although go:generate is not directly connected to testing or profiling, it is a handy and advanced Go feature, and we believe that this chapter is the perfect place for discussing it because it can also help us with testing. The go:generate directive is associated with the go generate command, was added in Go 1.4 in order to help with automation, and allows us to run commands described by directives within existing files.

The go generate command supports the -v, -n, and -x flags. The -v flag prints the names of packages and files as they are processed, whereas the -n flag prints the commands that would be executed. Lastly, the -x flag prints commands as they are executed—this is ...

Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

Using go:generate