Go kit 0.12 Fundamentals

Welcome to the Go kit fundamentals course. This course will teach you how to construct services using mechanisms and standards provided by Go kit.

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What you'll learn

Go kit helps to build services in a modular and modern way. In this course, Go kit 0.12 Fundamentals, you’ll learn to build an application service using best practices and standards. First, you’ll explore how to implement the service as a standalone unit. Next, you’ll discover how to make it production ready through logging and instrumentation. Finally, you’ll learn how to discover and call other services. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Go kit 0.12 needed to design and implement production-grade application services.

Table of contents

Course Overview

1min

Course Overview 1m

The Framework and Expectations

3mins

Introduction and Expectations 3m

What Are the Challenges with Writing Services?

3mins

Challenges with Writing Services 3m

Setting up Your Environment

4mins

Introduction 0m
Setting up the Code 2m
Setting up the Module 1m
Running the Tests 1m
Summary 0m

Services Components & Principles

7mins

Introduction 1m
Architecture and Design 5m
Summary 1m

Building the Business Logic

7mins

Introduction 1m
Setting Up 3m
Implementation 2m
Summary 1m

Building the Request/response Structure

4mins

Introduction and Review 1m
Implementation and Exercise 2m
Summary 1m

Exposing the Endpoint

4mins

Introduction and Review 1m
Implementation and Exercise 2m
Summary 1m

Transport and Communication

5mins

Introduction and Review 1m
Implementation and Exercise 3m
Summary 1m

Core Service Review

6mins

Introduction and Review 1m
Component Journey 4m
Summary 1m

Implement Transport Logging

7mins

Introduction and Review 2m
Implementation and Exercise 4m
Summary 1m

Implement Application Logging

5mins

Introduction and Review 1m
Implementation and Exercise 3m
Summary 1m

Instrumenting the Service

5mins

Introduction and Review 1m
Implementation and Exercise 4m
Summary 0m

Visibility and Diagnostics Review

6mins

Introduction 1m
Review 3m
Demonstration 1m
Summary 1m

Service Discovery and Load Balancing

7mins

Introduction 1m
Service Landscape 1m
Implementation 3m
Demonstration 1m
Summary 1m

Distributed Tracing

3mins

Introduction 1m
Instrumentation 1m
Summary 1m

Reconstruct & Review Service Components

2mins

Review 2m

Closure & Materials

0mins

Closure 0m

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