GopherCon Talks & Presentations

Gopher Academy

Understanding Channels

Explore the inner workings of Go channels, their operations, and how they interact with runtime systems for effective goroutine communication and concurrency patterns.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Exploring Network Programming by Building a Toxiproxy Clone

Explore network programming in Go by building a Toxiproxy clone. Learn about sockets, channels, goroutines, and TCP stream manipulation for chaos testing and application resilience.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Compatibility - How Go Programs Keep Working

Explore Go's compatibility promise, its significance, and strategies for language evolution without breaking existing programs.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Building Production Applications Using Go & SQLite

Explore building scalable applications using Go and SQLite, focusing on recent advancements, configuration tips, and strategies for improving data durability and performance.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Generics

Go team members discuss the introduction of generics in Go 1.18, providing guidance on their effective use and impact on code readability, maintainability, and performance.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Typing Generic Go

Explore Go's generics design, focusing on constrained type parameters for generic functions and types. Learn about type-checking, instantiation, and practical applications in Go programming.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Go is Boring - And That's Fantastic

Explore how Go's simplicity and stability are its strengths, enabling developers to build maintainable, adaptable software that meets user needs effectively.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Working with Errors

Explore error handling in Go 1.13, including wrapped errors, new functions, and formatting. Learn when to wrap errors and how to implement custom error packages with additional features.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Handling Go Errors

Explore programmable errors in Go, designing an architecture for mastering system failures with legible error handling and advanced error management techniques.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Generics in Go

Explore advantages of generics in Go, including generic functions and data structures. Learn about design guidelines, contracts, and practical implementations like binary trees.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Death by 3,000 Timers - Streaming Video-on-Demand for Cable TV

Explore Go's capabilities for soft real-time applications in video streaming, focusing on timer management and goroutine scheduling for efficient MPEG delivery to cable TV customers.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Two Go Programs, Three Different Profiling Techniques

Explore three profiling techniques for Go programs to diagnose and improve performance, including CPU and memory profiling, execution tracing, and understanding Amdahl's Law.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

How I Write HTTP Web Services After Eight Years

Practical patterns for building HTTP web services in Go, based on 8 years of experience. Covers handlers, middleware, data handling, testing, and more.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Portable, Immediate Mode GUI Programs for Mobile and Desktop in 100% Go

Explore Gio, a Go library for creating cross-platform GUI programs. Learn about its design, simplicity, portability, and performance advantages for Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Windows development.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gopher Academy

Go, Please Stop Breaking My Editor

Explore gopls, a new tool by the Go team to enhance the Go development experience, addressing issues with editor integration and providing a unified backend for Go editors.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk