Standard Library
Learn to work with HTTP, files, databases, and other essential Go packages
Section Progress
1. File I/O and OS Operations
Master file operations in Go - reading, writing, directories, and file system manipulation
2. Web Development
Build modern web applications in Go - from basic HTTP servers to production-ready APIs with advanced patterns
3. JSON & Data Encoding
Master JSON encoding/decoding, struct tags, and working with various data formats in Go
4. Database Operations & Patterns
Master database operations from basic CRUD to advanced patterns including NoSQL, migrations, and production optimization
5. CLI Applications
Build powerful command-line applications with Go's flag package and popular CLI frameworks
6. Context Package
Master Go's context package for cancellation, timeouts, and request-scoped values
7. Time Package
Master Go's time package for working with dates, durations, timers, and time zones
8. Regular Expressions
Master pattern matching with regexp: syntax, performance optimization, and alternatives
9. Structured Logging
Master modern logging with slog: structured logs, log levels, sampling, and correlation
10. Cryptography
Secure your applications with Go's crypto packages: hashing, encryption, TLS, and JWT
11. Network Programming
Build network applications: TCP/UDP sockets, DNS resolution, and custom protocols
12. Compression and Archives
Efficiently compress data with gzip, zlib, and archive formats
13. Operating System Integration
Interact with the OS: signals, process management, environment variables, and system calls
14. Math and Science Libraries
Mathematical calculations, scientific computing, statistics, and numeric algorithms
15. Text Processing and Unicode
Master text manipulation - Unicode, normalization, transformations, and NLP basics
16. Section Exercises - Standard Library Mastery
Practice exercises covering Go standard library packages and patterns
17. Section Project: ETL Data Pipeline CLI
Build a production-ready ETL pipeline demonstrating standard library mastery