Go introduction

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Go - Introduction
October 2017

Go
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Println("Go - Introductionnn")
for _, speaker := range []string{"Tomasz Smelcerz", "Piotr Miśkiewicz", "Piotr Mścichowski"} {
fmt.Println(speaker)
}
} Run

Speakers
Piotr Miśkiewicz
piotr.miskiewicz (at) sap.com
Piotr Mścichowski
piotr.mscichowski (at) hybris.com
Tomasz Smelcerz
tomasz.smelcerz (at) hybris.com

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Agenda
Go key concepts
Where to use Go
Code examples - part 1
Why Go was created
Who's using Go
Code examples - part 2
Summary

What's in it for me ?

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Golang key concepts
Easy syntax
Statically typed
Duck typing
Concurrency
Garbage Collector on board

What for ?
For applications where high performance matters
OS applications
Network applications
Backend applications

Go examples - part 1
We'll just give you an overview of the most important features
For more detailed info, see:
- tour.golang.org/welcome/1(https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1)
- gobyexample.com(https://gobyexample.com)

Functions
1 package main
2
3 import (
4 "fmt"
5 "strings"
6 )
7
8 func printUpper(message string) {
9 fmt.Println(strings.ToUpper(message))
10 }
11
12 func main() {
13 printUpper("Golang")
14 } Run

First-Class Functions
1 package main
2
3 import "fmt"
4
5 func intSeq() func() int {
6 i := 0
7 return func() int {
8 i += 1
9 return i
10 }
11 }
12
13 func main() {
14
15 nextInt := intSeq()
16
17 fmt.Println(nextInt())
20
21 newInts := intSeq()
22 fmt.Println(newInts())
23 } Run

Multiple return values
1 package main
2
3 import "fmt"
4
5 func swap(a, b int) (int, int) {
6 return b, a
7 }
8
9 func main() {
10 x, y := swap(1, 2)
11
12 fmt.Println(x)
13 fmt.Println(y)
14 } Run

Error Handling
1 package main
2
3 import (
4 "fmt"
5 "strconv"
6 "strings"
7 )
8
9 func strToInt(s string) (int, error) {
10 s = strings.Trim(s, " ")
11 val, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
12 return val, err
13 }
14
15 func main() {
16 val, err := strToInt(" 45 ")
17 if err != nil {
18 fmt.Printf("Error: %s", err.Error())
19 return
20 }
21 fmt.Println(val)
22 } Run

Error Handling
The error type is an interface type.
An error variable represents any value that can describe itself as a string.
Here is the interface's declaration:
type error interface {
Error() string
}

Interfaces
Interfaces are named collections of method signatures.
We Use them to de ne contracts (like in Java)
We can implement an interface on objects of other types (usually structs)

Duck Typing in Go
"If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, then it is a duck"
No need to declare that a type implements an interface
All you need is to implement all the methods of the interface (on some type)
In go structs, simple types and even function types can implement interfaces

Interface implementation example
8 //start
9 type shape interface {
10 Area() float64
11 }
12
13 func describe(s shape) {
14 fmt.Println("My area is ", s.Area())
15 }
16
17 type circle struct {
18 radius float64
19 }
20
21 //This is how we define method on a struct
22 func (c circle) Area() float64 {
23 return math.Pi * c.radius * c.radius
24 }
25
26 func main() {
27 describe(circle{radius: 10})
28 }
29
30 //end Run

More on structs
1 package main
2
3 import "fmt"
4
5 type person struct {
6 FirstName string
7 LastName string
8 Age int
9 }
10
11 //Define method on the struct
12 func (p *person) Speak() {
13 fmt.Printf("Hello, I'm %v %v and I am %v years oldn", p.FirstName, p.LastName, p.Age)
14 }
15
16 func main() {
17 john := person{"John", "Doe", 25}
18
19 //invoke method on the struct
20 john.Speak()
21 } Run

Is golang an O/O language then?
From o cial GO FAQ: Yes and no :)
Although Go has types and methods and allows an object-oriented style of programming,
there is no type hierarchy.
Moreover, methods in Go are more general than in C++ or Java: they can be de ned for any
sort of data, even built-in types such as plain, “unboxed” integers.
They are not restricted to structs (classes).

Type system summary
No generic types, no type hierarchy
built-in (simple) types: bool, int, int64, string...
(BTW: string is NOT pointer type, zero value for string is ""!)
interfaces
structs
functions
pointers

Pointers...
1 package main
2
3 import "fmt"
4
5 func main() {
6 i, j := 42, 2701
7
8 p := &i // point to i
9 fmt.Println(*p) // read i through the pointer
10 *p = 21 // set i through the pointer
11 fmt.Println(i) // see the new value of i
12
13 p = &j // point to j
14 *p = *p / 37 // divide j through the pointer
15 fmt.Println(j) // see the new value of j
16 } Run

Pointers, cont.
There is no pointer arithmetic.
Used for arguments of functions/methods
Since Go uses "pass-by-value", use pointers to avoid copying data
Because strings are NOT pointers, chance of nil pointer errors is reduced compared to
e.g: Java

Any questions so far?

Compilation
Go compiles to a single statically-linked executable binary
Go binary includes run-time library but it's NOT a VM, it runs native code
Go run-time library is handling things like GC and goroutines support.
You can cross-compile to a di erent OS (linux, darwin, windows) and arch (x86, arm)

Tools
Go comes with a complete productivity toolset: go <arg> :
build compile packages and dependencies
clean remove object files
doc show documentation for package or symbol
fmt run gofmt on package sources
generate generate Go files by processing source
get download and install packages and dependencies
install compile and install packages and dependencies
list list packages
run compile and run Go program
test test packages
version print Go version
vet run go tool vet on packages
And this presentation is done with present tool:
go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/present

Why Go was created ? Leo why ?!

Why Go was created ? Leo why ?!
E cient Compilation
E cient & simple execution
Ease of programming

What does Go give us ?
simplicity
performance
consistency
fast builds
support for concurrent programming

Who uses Go?

Who uses Go?
Docker

Who uses Go?
Twitter

Who uses Go?
Uber

Who uses Go?
SpaceX

Who uses Go?
Many others like :
CoreOS
Adobe
Dropbox
In uxDB
nd out more at :
github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers(https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers)

Go examples - part 2
Defer
Concurrency
Unit tests

Defer
What is the result?
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
defer fmt.Println("Hello")
fmt.Println("World")
} Run

Defer part 2
package main
import "os"
import "fmt"
func main() {
f, err := os.Open("abc.txt")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Got error", err)
return
}
defer f.Close()
f.WriteString("data")
} Run

Finally in Python
try:
f = open(filePath, 'w')
except IOError:
msg = ("Unable to create file on disk.")
f.close()
return
finally:
if f != None:
f.write("Hello World!")
f.close()

Goroutines
A goroutine is a lightweight thread managed by the Go runtime.
package main
import (
"time"
"fmt"
)
func sayHello(name string) {
for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
fmt.Println("hello ", name)
}
}
func main() {
go sayHello("Piotr")
sayHello("Tomasz")
} Run

Concurrecny in Go vs Java
go func() {
fmt.Println("Hello")
}()
new Thread(() -> {
System.out.println("Hello from Thread");
}).start();

Million goroutines
package main
import "sync"
import "time"
import "fmt"
import "math/rand"
func main() {
wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
bef := time.Now()
const len = 1000000 // million
wg.Add(len)
var out [len]int32
for i := 0; i < len; i++ {
go func(idx int) {
out[idx] = rand.Int31n(1000)
wg.Done()
}(i)
}
wg.Wait()
fmt.Println(time.Now().Sub(bef))
} Run

Channels
Do not communicate by sharing memory; instead, share memory by communicating.

Channels - example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
ch := make(chan int)
// consumer
go func() {
for {
v := <-ch
fmt.Println(v)
}
}()
for i := 0; i < 10; i ++ {
ch <- i
}
} Run

Channels - timeout
package main
import (
"time"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
ch := make(chan int)
go func() {
ch <- 1
}()
select {
case v := <- ch:
fmt.Println("Received from channel", v)
case <- time.After(150 * time.Millisecond):
fmt.Println("Timeout")
}
} Run

Testing
package main
import (
"testing"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)
func sum(a, b int) int {
return a + b
}
func TestSum(t *testing.T) {
if sum(2, 3) != 5 {
t.Errorf("failed")
}
}
func TestSumWithAssertions(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, 5, sum(2, 3))
}

Table testing
package main
import (
"testing"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)
func sum(a, b int) int {
return a + b
}
func TestSumTables(t *testing.T) {
for _, tc := range []struct {
A int
B int
Exp int
} {
{A: 1, B: 2, Exp: 3}, {A: 10, B: 2, Exp: 12}, {A: -10, B: 2, Exp: -8},
} {
t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, tc.Exp, sum(tc.A, tc.B))
})
}
}

Summary
Key concepts
What does Go give us?
Why should we learn Go
Welcome to next Go presentations

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