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Learn HTTP Servers in Go

Build the server side of the web: routes, middleware, auth, and APIs in Go.

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What will you learn?

Learn how to build and HTTP web server from scratch in the Go programming language. You'll build a production ready JSON API using fairly minimalistic tools. You'll incorporate middleware, routing, logging, webhooks, authentication, authorization, JWTs, and more. This course is the coup-de-grace for any aspiring backend developer.

Chapter List

1
Servers
We'll cover the basics of web servers, and why Go is such a great language for building performant web servers
2
Routing
We'll cover the basics of HTTP routing, and how to build a router using Go's standard library
3
Architecture
We'll talk about some different web architectures, and how to choose the right one for your project
4
JSON
Learn about how to parse and send JSON data from a Go server
5
Storage
We'll add a PostgreSQL database and talk about data storage and database migrations
6
Authentication
We'll build an authentication system using JWTs from scratch, and compare JWTs to other authentication methods
7
Authorization
Learn about how authorization differs from authentication, and how to implement it in your application
8
Webhooks
Webhooks are a special kind of HTTP handler that you'll use often in modern web applications. Learn how to use them here
9
Documentation
Learn about documentation, why it's important, and learn about some tools that can help you write good documentation

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Loved it! Understaning Go way better now

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Francois Schoeman

South Africa

wow. this was challenging and awesome 10/10

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Berk Ünsal

Turkey

genuinely a euphoric course

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United States

Best course in this curricullum fs

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Jan Jedrasiak

Poland

so server, much wow

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Paulius

Vilnius, Lithuania

İ really enjoyed it, i ve been doing this on my own with python and js, Go was really fun.

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İbrahim Ulaş

Turkey

wow

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Aishah Abdullah

Saudi Arabia

made me suffer, but i saw the light

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Kenya

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