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In Go, the type keyword is used to define a new type that is distinct from its underlying type. In the example you provided, Gender is defined as a new type with string as its underlying type:

Posted 1 year ago

In MongoDB, schemas are not enforced in the database level as they are in relational databases. However, when using MongoDB with Go, you often define your data structures (schemas) in your Go code, typically using structs. This helps in mapping your application data to MongoDB documents.

Posted 1 year ago

MongoDB doesn't have an official ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) because it is a NoSQL database and doesn't use a relational model. ORMs are typically used with relational databases to map between objects in code and relational tables. However, for MongoDB, there are ODMs (Object-Document Mappers) that serve a similar purpose, helping to map between objects in code and the document model used in MongoDB.

Posted 1 year ago

A mutex in Go, provided by the sync package, is a synchronization primitive that can be used to ensure that only one goroutine can access a particular section of code at a time. The term "mutex" stands for "mutual exclusion." A mutex is used to guard shared resources, ensuring that concurrent access to shared data doesn't lead to race conditions.

Posted 1 year ago

The term "context" in Go refers to the context package, which is designed to provide a means of carrying deadlines, cancellation signals, and other request-scoped values across API boundaries and between processes. The context package is particularly useful in handling request lifecycles in your Go applications, especially in networking and concurrent executions.

Posted 1 year ago

Using the testify package from GitHub (github.com/stretchr/testify) can enhance your testing in Go by providing additional functionalities like assertions, suites, and mocks, making your tests more expressive and easier to write and read.

Posted 1 year ago