Golang

Intermediate

As a final-year Actuarial Science student with an interest in backend and systems development, I've been learning and applying Go (Golang) primarily using the standard library. My focus has been on building efficient backend utilities, data pipelines, and scripting tools.

Core Go Skills

Writing clean and idiomatic Go code using packages and modules

Understanding Go's type system, structs, interfaces, and pointers

Basic concurrency using goroutines and channels

Error handling and use of custom error types

Development Practices

Organizing code using standard Go project structure

Writing and running unit tests with Go's built-in testing package

Formatting and linting code using gofmt and go vet

Using go mod for dependency and module management

Backend & CLI Development

CLI tools for text processing, API requests, and data extraction

Simple REST services using the net/http package

Utilities for file operations and report generation

JSON parsing and basic templating for output formatting

Key Packages

net/httposiobufioencoding/jsonstrconvtimelogsync

Data Processing & Automation

Reading and writing CSV and JSON files

Automating data retrieval and transformation

Concurrent I/O and task execution using goroutines and channels

Basic database interaction using database/sql with SQLite and PostgreSQL

Tools & Environment

Command-line development with Go's built-in toolchain

Debugging and testing with go test, go run, and go build

Occasional use of Docker to run compiled binaries in containers

Ongoing Learning

Exploring more advanced standard library features

Practicing through mini-projects and automation scripts

Reading official Go documentation and community tutorials

Reviewing code from open-source projects that use idiomatic Go

Go's simplicity and performance make it a practical choice for scripting, automation, and small-scale backend services, particularly in data-centric workflows.