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Learn HTTP Servers in Go

HTTP servers are the backbone of modern web applications, and to be a backend developer you need to know how they work inside and out.

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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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Great, you get a lot of practice with this project.

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Paul Cortes

Cali, Colombia

This course leads you by the hand exactly when it's needed, but not over-explains and gives you enough challenge to figure out things yourself. It left only positive impression, highly recommended.

(5/5)
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Yury Zabegaev

Norway

While leaving us to be autonomous is appreciated, there was one instance where he had to create test files in Go. But I have not seen that lesson anywhere on the platform.

(4/5)
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Jose De La Cruz

Greater NYC Area

Great course to help get your feet wet in creating large and real projects using programming languages that you use

(5/5)
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Lingga Aradhana Sahadewa

Indonesia

Challenging but really fun

(5/5)
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Isfar Ali

Pakistan

It's a very good guide on how to handle http servers.

(5/5)
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Z F

Singapore, Singapore

amazing

(5/5)
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juandrzej

Krakow, Poland

Difficult but enjoyable. It was neat to see the other side of API calls after the Pokedex project. Puts in to perspective all the different moving parts of a web server

(5/5)
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T

United States

Absolutely great, but i must warn you, the lesson count can be decieving (it takes longer than the learn go course)

(5/5)
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MMO

Romania

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