Programming

Realtime Video Capture with Go

Using Go and the Video for Linux (V4L2) API to stream videos from…

Working with Compressed Tar Files in Go

This post shows how to use the archive and the compress packages to create code that can…

Encoding Data with the Go Binary Package

When encoding binary data for IO in Go, there is a multitude of options available ranging…

Writing Modular Go Programs with Plugins

Tucked among the multitude of significant features introduced in Go version 1.8 is a new…

Calling Go Functions from Other Languages

Starting with version 1.5, the Go compiler introduced support for several build modes…

Bit Hacking with Go

In the good old days of computing when memory was expensive and processing power was at premium, hacking on bits directly…

Why I wrote a book on Go programming

Go has a large and active online community, several conferences around the globe yearly…

Comparing Values in Go

Once again, I started my Sunday thinking about an introductory topic to help out those learning Go (or refresher for…

Go for Type Simplicity in Go

I have been writing code in Go (golang) full time for almost two years now (wow, time flies). Before Go, I spent my career writing Java code. So needless to say, I still carry a bit of the OO baggage. My Go code (and the code of many others in the community) can, unnecessarily…