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The Go Workshop

By : Delio D'Anna, Andrew Hayes, Sam Hennessy, Jeremy Leasor, Gobin Sougrakpam, Dániel Szabó
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Book Image

The Go Workshop

5 (2)
By: Delio D'Anna, Andrew Hayes, Sam Hennessy, Jeremy Leasor, Gobin Sougrakpam, Dániel Szabó

Overview of this book

The Go Workshop will take the pain out of learning the Go programming language (also known as Golang). It is designed to teach you to be productive in building real-world software. Presented in an engaging, hands-on way, this book focuses on the features of Go that are used by professionals in their everyday work. Each concept is broken down, clearly explained, and followed up with activities to test your knowledge and build your practical skills. Your first steps will involve mastering Go syntax, working with variables and operators, and using core and complex types to hold data. Moving ahead, you will build your understanding of programming logic and implement Go algorithms to construct useful functions. As you progress, you'll discover how to handle errors, debug code to troubleshoot your applications, and implement polymorphism using interfaces. The later chapters will then teach you how to manage files, connect to a database, work with HTTP servers and REST APIs, and make use of concurrent programming. Throughout this Workshop, you'll work on a series of mini projects, including a shopping cart, a loan calculator, a working hours tracker, a web page counter, a code checker, and a user authentication system. By the end of this book, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to tackle your own ambitious projects with Go.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
1. Variables and Operators
2
2. Logic and Loops

11. Encoding and Decoding (JSON)

Activity 11.01: Mimicking a Customer Order Using JSON

Solution:

All directories and files created need to be created within your $GOPATH:

  1. Create a directory called Activity11.01 within a directory called Chapter11.
  2. Create a file called main.go inside Chapter11/Activity11.01.
  3. Using Visual Studio Code, open the newly created main.go file.
  4. Add the following package name and import statements:
    package main
    import (
      "encoding/json"
      "fmt"
      "os"
    )
  5. Add the following customer struct with the JSON tags set accordingly:
    type customer struct {
      UserName      string  `json:"username"`
      Password      string  `json:"-"`
      Token         string  `json:"-"`
      ShipTo        address `json:"shipto"`
      PurchaseOrder order   `json:"order"`
    }
  6. Add the following order struct with...