5 Tips for Writing Idiomatic Code in Golang - Part 2

In this episode I share with you 5 tips for writing idiomatic code in Go! Let's get into it:

■ Context should be the first parameter
■ Return early
■ Avoid the init() function
■ Comments are for machines and humans
■ Avoid unnecessary functions

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00:00 - Start
00:10 - Idiomatic Golang Tip 1: Context should be the first parameter
03:10 - Idiomatic Golang Tip 2: Return early
05:59 - Idiomatic Golang Tip 3: Avoid the init() function
10:54 - Idiomatic Golang Tip 4: Comments are for machines and humans
12:54 - Idiomatic Golang Tip 5: Avoid unnecessary functions

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[erikslorenz]

Thanks Mario! There aren't many go YouTubers so I appreciate your work! I've been dabbling in some go stuff at work and enjoying it. Generics soon thank God. Not gonna lie I love my map filter and reduce 😛

[TomVioTheBand]

Hey Mario,
Thanks for the video.
How do you quickly decide if a Struct var should be exported or not? Are there cases where we should NOT be exporting? So extra funcs are needed there to get/set