Building Go Web Services with HTTP and Docker

Go is an excellent choice for building fast, concurrent, and highly scalable web services. This course provides a hands-on, text-based path to mastering the fundamentals required to create production-ready backend applications. Upon completion, you will be able to design, implement, and package a fully functional client-server system, complete with monitoring capabilities. What you'll learn: * Learn the fundamentals of Go's standard library for creating and routing HTTP handlers. * Build structured client-server applications utilizing Go Modules for efficient dependency management. * Apply context handling and structured logging patterns for managing request lifecycles and debugging. * Configure efficient multi-stage Dockerfiles to containerize your Go services for reliable deployment. * Implement basic health checks and expose operational metrics using Prometheus-style standards. * Practice writing effective unit tests for core HTTP handlers and underlying service logic. This course starts by defining key terminology and exploring Go's concurrency model, then moves into practical implementation, focusing on code structure, testing, and service deployment. This course is designed for absolute beginners to backend development and assumes no prior experience with Go or containerization technologies. Start reading and transform your programming skills into practical, deployable services today.