#175: Go 1.9 released with support for type aliases

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Golang Weekly Issue 175 — August 31, 2017

Featured Go 1.9 Released A key release with numerous changes and tweaks, including the introduction of type aliases and a concurrent-safe Map type. The compiler now also compiles functions in a package concurrently. Francesc Campoy Running Go on Low Memory Devices A look at running on an embedded device with severe memory constraints (170MB) by tweaking buffer sizes and forcing the GC to return unused memory. Samsara Engineering How TravelPerk decreased their CI build time by 25% with Codeship Pro After switching to Codeship Pro from their previous CI provider, TravelPerk saw significantly reduced build times and experienced "amazing flexibility" with the platform. Give Codeship Pro a free try today. Codeship   sponsored  The Thing About Slices Looking at some of the odder aspects of slices, including how append allocates, copying slices, and using slices in channels. Tit Petric Understanding Type Aliases (in 38 Minutes)   video  The use case for type aliases and an example refactoring to get you up to date with 1.9’s biggest new feature. Francesc Campoy A Go Experience Report for Generics: Google Metrics API It seems every week brings more experience reports about generics, this one discusses what was done, what could’ve been done, and why generics would help. Sameer Ajmani Handling 1M Requests per Minute with Go A look at the approaches one company has taken to scale with Go and related technologies. Marcio Castilho In the Not Too Distant Futures... Building a chainable futures library using goroutines, channels, and select statements. Capital One DevExchange Jobs Software Engineer - Backend Integrations We're looking for an Engineer to join our team in charge of the Integrations. You'll work with our engineers and tackle complex problems. New Relic Let Thousands of Companies Apply to You. Get Hired on Hired. Save time on your job search. Hired delivers multiple, high-quality job offers to you. Sign up today. Hired In Brief GopherJS 1.9-1 Released: The Go to JS Compiler   news  Dmitri Shuralyov Ways to Limit Concurrent Resource Use in Go   tutorial  Pocket Gophers Version Constraints and Go   tutorial  How to constrain the Go version at compile time with a package called goconstraint. Tim Heckman The Strategic IT Manager’s Guide to Building a Scalable DBA Team Transform your DBA team from a passive function driven by IT demands into a strategic center of excellence. VividCortex   sponsored  Examples of Date and Time Manipulation Functions in Go   tutorial  golangprograms.​com An Adventure in Trying to Optimize math.Atan2 with Go Assembly   tutorial  Agniva De Sarker How to Trust Extra CA Certificates in Your Go App   tutorial  A way to use self-signed and trusted certificate authorities in the same app. Dave Russell Building a Simple Blockchain in Go   tutorial  The first post in a series. There’s also part 2 and 3, with more to come. Ivan Kuznetsov Track Go app performance in real time   tools  Visualize custom metrics, correlate with 200+ other techs across your stack, and set sophisticated alerts. Datadog   sponsored  is: A Lightweight Testing Mini-Framework for Go   code  Mat Ryer Teleport: A Versatile TCP Socket Framework   code  Can be used for RPC, microservices, peer to peer, game services, etc. Henry Lee Streamlist: A Self-Hosted Music Server Written in Go   code  github.​com Goby: A Language For Developing Microservices, with a Go VM   code  The language itself is heavily inspired by Ruby. goby-lang Golang Weekly is curated by Peter Cooper and Glenn Goodrich Read this issue on the Web See our archives Change your email address Stop getting this newsletter Published by Cooperpress Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK