Golang Web Server and RSS Scraper | Full Tutorial

Learn the Go programming language by building a fully fledged RSS aggregator project in Go.
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== Chapter Contents ==
(0:00:00) Intro + Prerequisites
(0:00:00) P1. RSS aggregator project
(0:10:30) P2. Chi router
(0:28:24) P3. Postgres database
(0:55:57) P4. Authentication w/ API keys
(1:35:15) P5. Many to many relationships
(1:56:00) P6. Aggregation worker
(2:22:15) P7. Viewing blog posts

[@ighsight]

This is the first Golang video I’ve seen that actually walks through concurrency with a *real* use case. Most use trivial examples that I didn’t find helpful.
Also really appreciate how Lane leaves his errors in the video and talks through how he solves them. MUCH more useful than just showing perfect code. Less experienced devs will encounter basic errors, and seeing the thought process behind solving them is very valuable. Truly a top tier Golang tutorial, thank you for devoting the time to do this.

[@bootdotdev]

glad you liked it!

[@nanonkay5669]

Sqlc and goose is a combination I've been excited to put together and did it on my own for a bit. I like the two because no ORM, reported excellent performance, typesafe queries, raw SQL to stay familiar with sql (i.e. no magic from ORMs) and simplicity.

[@tonyjaradev]

This tutorial was brilliant. Thank you so much!

[@0lange]

So glad I ran into this channel.
It would be great if you could make a video focused more backend development with Go. For instance, I know what an interface, struct, slice, etc is but how and when do you use them when working on a real-world backend application? The video could be something like "Go for backend development" or something else

[@bootdotdev]

Be sure to sign up on Boot.dev for more of that kind of content

[@yaanno]

Nice tutorial, thanks! One thing: if you add emit_json_tags: true to the sqlc.yaml file, you don't have to transform the fields manually in the models.go

[@paranoia77]

This course is so good!
Followed until the end.
Looking forward to the next tutorial!

[@EricT43]

Great video, thanks. I've built JSON REST APIs in Go before, but I've never used sqlc or goose. I'm looking forward to using those tools in my next project...

[@oleksandrzorenko231]

The simpler way to add json tags to the struct generated by sqlc is to add this one line to sqlc.yaml "emit_json_tags: True':
go:
emit_json_tags: True
out: "internal/database"
Hope it helps.

[@bootdotdev]

good call!

[@CoolestPossibleName]

Thank you so much

[@Connor-ye6nr]

sql.NullString{ Valid: item.Description != "", String: item.Description } can also be used :)

[@yoskokleng3658]

you got my subscription for this video. i never see golang in real use case before. thanks for make this video happens. If could, please help make video about GO programming basic to advance.

[@kawthooleidevelopers]

Your backend course looks solid. I'm only interested in the Go related parts though. Will be signing up in a few days.

[@adrishbora]

Upto 2:04 is prerequisites (can add this timestamp in the video as well!)

[@bootdotdev]

Updated thanks!

[@yogeshdharya3857]

Hey Lane ! Was looking for a video on this playlist which covered the context package of go Lang . However I couldn't find one , so could u please make one for us ! M quite sure plenty of subscribers like me want to understand contexts . U make things easy to understand 😁

[@guitaripod]

thanks for the video.
I'd dockerize that and keep it running :)

[@mr.daniish]

Lane dropping golden nuggets!

[@bootdotdev]

Glad you like it!

[@zahid1909]

Great post! You are a legend ❤

[@bootdotdev]

Wow, thanks

[@MVybz]

i really liked this format, learned a lot!

[@bootdotdev]

Thank you kindly

[@lesnavevericka7093]

thanks a lot for the tutorial

[@charlesozochukwu3563]

Am on windows anytime i run sqlc generate i keep getting an error, postgres cant run on windows
how do i fix that

[@bootdotdev]

WSL 2

[@josephantony6842]

Great tutorial!

[@azazahmedlipu9738]

You are insane ❤🔥

[@bootdotdev]

Quite sane I assure you

[@ripulhandoo2631]

PS C:\Users\HP\Desktop\go> sqlc generate
# package postgres
schema.sql:1:1: the PostgreSQL engine does not support Windows.
What to do??

[@bfkgod]

ask chatgpt

[@bootdotdev]

Join the discord for help :)

[@Alex-hy7nx]

I know this may be a bit too late, and that you've probably already got your answer, but try to use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

[@CoolestPossibleName]

@@Alex-hy7nx I'm using it in a docker container. it's easier

[@juniordataengineer]

Would a project like this make for a backend portfolio project ? When looking at building portfolio projects there is more to show in the front end than the backend .

[@TannerBarcelos]

Absolutely. You could use GenAI to build the UI super super basic just to make it a little easier to reason about for the viewers of the project.

[@anuragnayak9704]

I'm not able to connect to the database through DB_URL

[@bootdotdev]

Join the discord to get help :)

[@mlsandreas]

Thank you!!!!

[@bootdotdev]

You're welcome!

[@nabinmaiti9167]

Thank you lane

[@bootdotdev]

You're welcome!

[@datokhojava6421]

hey, I got a error and its says that >The PostgreSQL does not support windows. what to do ?

[@bootdotdev]

Honestly... Use linux

[@MediumSizedBagel]

use docker

[@tomaszolek]

Is there a GitHub repo?

[@bootdotdev]

All the code is on Boot.dev!

[@yankinder]

29:20
43:10

[@mahendranath2504]

Thank you so much 👍👋👌🫡🙏🏻👏🤝😎✌️🫰🏻

[@bootdotdev]

You're welcome!

[@fabtjar]

Is there a reason to prefer "go build && ./rssagg" over "go run ." ?

[@bootdotdev]

I prefer to build because it perfectly mimics production, but tbh doesn't matter much