Building Scalable APIs with Go
Building Scalable APIs with Go Go has become increasingly popular for building high-performance APIs due to its excellent concurrency model, fast compilation, and robust standard library. In this post, I’ll share some best practices I’ve learned while building production APIs with Go. Why Choose Go for APIs? Performance Benefits Fast compilation: Go compiles to native machine code Low memory footprint: Efficient garbage collection Excellent concurrency: Goroutines make handling concurrent requests efficient Developer Experience Simple syntax: Easy to learn and maintain Rich standard library: Built-in HTTP server, JSON handling, etc. Strong typing: Catch errors at compile time Setting Up a Basic API Server Here’s a simple example using Go’s built-in net/http package: ...