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Learn HTTP Servers in Go

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Learn HTTP servers in Go by building routes, handlers, middleware, authentication, JSON APIs, and production-style backend patterns.

Syllabus

Servers

We'll cover the basics of web servers, and why Go is such a great language for building performant web servers

Routing

We'll cover the basics of HTTP routing, and how to build a router using Go's standard library

Architecture

We'll talk about some different web architectures, and how to choose the right one for your project

JSON

Learn about how to parse and send JSON data from a Go server

Storage

We'll add a PostgreSQL database and talk about data storage and database migrations

Authentication

We'll build an authentication system using JWTs from scratch, and compare JWTs to other authentication methods

Authorization

Learn about how authorization differs from authentication, and how to implement it in your application

Webhooks

Webhooks are a special kind of HTTP handler that you'll use often in modern web applications. Learn how to use them here

Documentation

Learn about documentation, why it's important, and learn about some tools that can help you write good documentation

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4.8 rating at Boot.dev based on 598 ratings

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