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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 you'll learn in this Go course

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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I actually build something real! Crazy

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Paul

Germany

this one was a hard one ! but fun !

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Andreas Lindh

Sweden

Challenging, combined lots of earlier concepts together

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Shayn Hornik

United States

Loved it! This really is where everything comes together, a lot of hard work pays off at this point! Insane sense of success :)

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Gábor Góczán

Austria

SUPER difficult at times but all the more rewarding because of it I wish there was a dedicated chapter on unit tests since it was integral for a lesson

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Tristan Renaud

Canada

One of the best courses on this platform. Definitely worth it!

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Rastko Andonov

Serbia

Hardest course I've done on this site by far (so far). Learned a lot.

(5/5)
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Wojciech Wikło

Poland

Best backend course I've ever taken

(5/5)
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Thuyen Code

Vietnam

Simple but well done course to allow for the use of our skills in with sql's and go.

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United States

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