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Qvault is run by Gophers – people who love the Go programming language. A good portion of our content is focused on helping our readers become the best Go devs they can be.
Why learn Golang, and especially why learn Golang as a beginner coder? There are many good reasons why learning Golang is a popular idea altogether – StackOverflow’s 2020 Developer survey saw it climb in popularity among developers from 10th in 2019 all the way to 5th in 2020. A full 32% of developers surveyed in … Read more
The answer to the age-old question of, “should I commit the vendor dependencies in my Go project to source control?” is “almost always“. As an FYI, we here at Qvault use Go for all of our backend work, and we always commit our vendor folders. Let’s take a look at the reasoning behind my claim … Read more
The software development industry is growing at a break-neck pace. Currently, there are close to 19 million software developers in the world, and this number is expected to double by 2030. If you are someone looking to break into the industry, the first step is to learn and understand the different programming languages and the … Read more
Want to learn Go fast? We’ve compiled a list of great resources for you, dive in and as always let us know what we’ve missed. What is Go Exactly? The Go programming language, or Golang for short, is an open-source programming language that helps developers build simple, reliable, and efficient software. Go was developed at Google … Read more
I often hear that we need more and better comments in the code we write. In my experience at previous companies as well as at Qvault, we often need better comments, we rarely need more, and often we need less. Before you crucify me for my sacrilege, let me explain. #1 – Incorrect Comments Incorrect … Read more
Constants can be confusing and easy to misuse in Go if you are coming from an untyped language. Let’s take a look at some of the nuanced details of how they work in Go. It’s probably unsurprising, but Go’s constants are almost nothing like JavaScript’s bastardized version of the concept. Go vs JavaScript Many programming … Read more
You’ve probably visited a site and attempted to sign-up only to be met with errors such as: Password needs a capital letter Password needs a special character Password needs to be at least 8 characters I just released a package in Go that solves this problem. Check it out and give it a star here: … Read more
I’ve recently been working on getting Rust support in the Qvault app. In order to write a more engaging course, I want students to be able to write and execute code right in the browser. As I’ve learned from my previous posts on this topic, the easiest way to sandbox code execution on a server … Read more
Coding languages, tools, and frameworks are in a constant state of flux, improvement, deprecation, and popularity swings. Let’s take a look at the top 4 languages for new programmers to learn in 2020. If you’re here for 2021 info, check out our new post, The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2021. As it happens, … Read more
I lead a team that’s responsible for anywhere from 15-25 Go microservices at any given time. We’re constantly creating new services and libraries, so it’s become important to streamline the boilerplate process. I’m mostly writing this article for myself as a kind of self-documentation, but hopefully, you’ll find it useful as you create new Go … Read more