Go for Newbies: Concurrent API Backend

Build high-performance, concurrent API backends in Go, even with no prior experience!
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Introduction to Go and the Development Environment

Unit 1: Setting Up Your Go Environment

Unit 2: Go Syntax and Basic Data Types

Unit 3: Control Flow and Package Management

Understanding Concurrency: Goroutines

Unit 1: Concurrency Fundamentals

Unit 2: Introduction to Goroutines

Unit 3: Goroutine Management

Communication and Synchronization: Channels

Unit 1: Introduction to Channels

Unit 2: Buffered vs. Unbuffered Channels

Unit 3: Synchronization Patterns

Error Handling in Concurrent Go Programs

Unit 1: Error Handling Fundamentals

Unit 2: Channels for Error Propagation

Unit 3: Graceful Shutdown with Context

Unit 4: Advanced Error Handling

Building a Simple REST API with `net/http`

Unit 1: Introduction to `net/http`

Unit 2: HTTP Methods and Request Handling

Unit 3: Advanced Server Configuration

Data Serialization and Deserialization (JSON)

Unit 1: JSON Fundamentals

Unit 2: Serialization in Go

Unit 3: Deserialization in Go

Concurrency Patterns: Worker Pools

Unit 1: Understanding Worker Pools

Unit 2: Implementing a Worker Pool in Go

Unit 3: Collecting Results and Handling Errors

Unit 4: Advanced Worker Pool Concepts

Concurrency Patterns: Fan-Out/Fan-In

Unit 1: Understanding Fan-Out/Fan-In

Unit 2: Implementing Fan-Out

Unit 3: Implementing Fan-In

Managing Concurrent Access to Shared Resources: `sync` Package

Unit 1: Introduction to the `sync` Package

Unit 2: Mutexes: Protecting Shared Resources

Unit 3: WaitGroups: Synchronizing Goroutines

Unit 4: sync.Once: Initialization

Unit 5: Advanced Sync Concepts

API Middleware and Request Context

Unit 1: Introduction to API Middleware

Unit 2: Authentication Middleware

Unit 3: Request Context

Testing and Benchmarking Concurrent APIs

Unit 1: Unit Testing API Handlers

Unit 2: Integration Testing API Endpoints

Unit 3: Benchmarking and Performance Analysis