Vedashree Patil - Go Chronicles (Page 3)

Part IV: Connecting the dots with the Service Layer

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The service layer is where most of the business logic goes in. It acts as an aggregator of data by calling the required repo functions and adds additional logic which may be required to transform the data. In this post, we are going to implement the service layer

Feb 28, 2021

Part III: Working with the Database

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Databases are ever-present in microservices. In the previous part, we defined domain models. In this post, we will focus on interacting with the database by using the models.

Feb 16, 2021

Part II: Creating the Domain Models

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An application usually revolves around a "domain". We usually start with the defining "models" of the domain and the actions that need to be performed on/by these models. In this post, we'll be defining these using Go structs and interfaces.

Feb 2, 2021

Part I: Setup a Repository

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Before developing, we need to decide on the code organization and repository structure. Always create a skeleton structure of folders that will act as a foundation for further code development if you want to avoid frequent refactors.

Feb 2, 2021

Series Introduction: Let's Code!

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Flex your fingers everyone 'cause we are about to code! We're done with step 1, which covered…

Jan 31, 2021

Part V: Choosing a Microservices Framework in Go

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Before developing, we first need to finalize the web framework that should be used. Go has a number of frameworks that are production-ready. This post considers a few of them before deciding on one.

Jan 27, 2021

Part IV: Designing a Database Model

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Every application will eventually require a database to persist all the important data. In this post, we'll be designing a simple data model for our application and set up a relational or SQL database (Postgres) for further development.

Jan 26, 2021

Part III: Designing and Documenting API's

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Before developing microservices, it's advisable to define APIs first clearly stating the request and the response. And for REST APIs, Open API Specification is the way to go. This post details defining of APIs with OAS and Swagger

Jan 25, 2021

Part II: Being RESTful with APIs

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APIs or Application Protocol Interfaces are the heart of microservices. They like a contract to exchange data between two software systems. This post covers basic concepts of web API, REST, HTTP and also provides some pointers for designing good APIs.

Jan 24, 2021

Part I: Defining User Flows

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The first step during application development is designing. We define flows to understand how data needs to be fetched and stored from the UI which, in turn, helps in database and service design. In this post, we are going to define a basic flow for our pet adoption store application.

Jan 24, 2021