Write Professional Command-line Programs in Go

INTERACTIVE COURSE

Write Professional Command-line Programs in Go

Intermediate

63 Lessons

28h 30min

Certificate of Completion

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Write Professional Command-line Programs in Go

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24 Quizzes

18 Illustrations

Course Overview

In this course you will learn why Go is an awesome language for writing command-line programs. You will learn how to structure your Go programs, how to write idiomatic Go code, how to test your programs and how to amaze your users, peers and managers. The focus is on command-line programs in order to keep the course down to earth, but most of the principles and best practices you will learn apply to any Go program.

Course Content

1

Overview

What's a Command-Line Program?

Lightning Quick Introduction to Go

Ten Popular Go Projects Introducing Multi-git 0.1 Analyzing Multi-git 0.1 Improving Multi-git

2

Restructuring multi-git

The foundations of a Go Program Creating the Directory Structure Refactoring the Core Logic Adding a Helpers Package Refactoring the Command-Line interface

3

Testing 1,2,3...

Introducing the Built-in Go Testing Support Running Go Tests Checking Test Coverage Quick introduction to Ginkgo and Gomega Writing BDD Tests for Multi-git Running Unit Tests for Multi-git Preparing for End-to-End Tests Building the Foundation for End to End Tests Writing End-to-End Tests Running End-to-End Tests Debugging With Tests

4

Adding Smart Command-Line Parsing

Introduction to Cobra Comparing Cobra to Alternatives Working with Cobra - The Root Command Working with Cobra - The Sub-commands Working with Cobra - Flags Understanding the Cobra Generator Creating an Application Skeleton With the Cobra Generator Adding Commands With the Cobra Generator Building the Application on Top of the Skeleton Finalizing the Cobra-generated Application Refactoring Multi-git to use Cobra - The Plan Refactoring Multi-git to use Cobra - The Root Command Finalizing the Integration of Cobra into Multi-git

5

Adding Advanced Configuration

Understanding Program Configuration Taking Advantage of Sophisticated Configuration Introduction to Viper Viper and Environment Variables Locating Configuration Files Reading and Writing Configuration Files Watching Configuration Files Understanding Remote Configuration Dynamic Remote Configuration with Viper Understanding the Synergy Between Cobra and Viper Integrating Cobra and Viper Refactoring Multi-git to use Viper Adding a Configuration File to Multi-git

6

Adding Bells and Whistles

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Summary

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