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Web Development in Go

One of the primary use cases for the Go programming language is for building scalable web services. In particular, it is an excellent choice for building highly concurrent edge services like API Gateways. Now that you’ve gotten a broad overview of Go, it’s time to dive deeply into web development. This session will dive deeply into current thinking within the Go community on web development.

Topics will include:

  • deep-dive into the net/http package
  • shared libraries for routing, middleware, rendering, and more
  • libraries vs. frameworks: the Martini controversy
  • working with databases: SQL and NoSQL
  • logging, metrics, monitoring
  • configuration
  • deployment

The learner should emerge from this session ready to start building web services in Go.


Matt Stine

About Matt Stine

My passion is taking a metaphysical approach to software engineering: what is the nature of the collaborative game that we continuously play, and are there better, more contextually-aware ways to play that game?

By day I lead a team tasked with taking a first-principles-centric approach to intentionally enabling programming language usage at the largest bank in the United States.

By night I write and teach my way through a masterclass in software engineering and architecture targeting early-career software engineers working in large-scale enterprise technology organizations.

What is the primary goal?

To win the game. More seriously: to get 1% better every day at providing business value through software.

Who am I?

I'm a 22-year veteran of the enterprise software industry. I've played almost every role I can imagine:

  • Software Engineer
  • Software Architect
  • Technical Lead
  • Engineering Manager
  • Consultant
  • Product Manager
  • Field CTO
  • Developer Advocate
  • Conference Speaker
  • Author
  • Technical Trainer
  • Technical Marketer
  • Site Reliability Engineer
  • Desktop Support Specialist

I've worked at Fortune 500 companies, a tenacious teal cloud startup, and a not-for-profit children's hospital. I've written a book, and I've hosted a podcast. I've learned a lot along the way, including many things I wish I'd known when I first got started. And so now I want to pass those learnings on to you, especially if you've only just begun your career.

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