diff --git a/tech_docs/go_getting_started.md b/tech_docs/go_getting_started.md index 151cdb1..36020aa 100644 --- a/tech_docs/go_getting_started.md +++ b/tech_docs/go_getting_started.md @@ -1,3 +1,112 @@ +Go’s standard library is extensive and covers a wide range of functionality for various applications. Below is a detailed list of some of the most essential packages in the standard library and what they are used for: + +### Core Packages + +- **`fmt`**: Implements formatted I/O with functions analogous to C's printf and scanf. +- **`os`**: Provides a platform-independent interface to operating system functionality such as file operations, environment variables, and process creation. +- **`io`**: Provides basic interfaces to I/O primitives. +- **`bufio`**: Provides buffered I/O which improves efficiency for many I/O operations. +- **`log`**: Provides a simple logging package. + +### Network and Web + +- **`net`**: Provides a portable interface for network I/O, including TCP/IP, UDP, domain name resolution, and Unix domain sockets. +- **`net/http`**: Provides HTTP client and server implementations. +- **`net/smtp`**: Implements the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used to send email. +- **`net/rpc`**: Provides access to the exported methods of an object across a network or other I/O connection. + +### Data Encoding + +- **`encoding/json`**: Implements encoding and decoding of JSON. +- **`encoding/xml`**: Implements a simple XML 1.0 parser. +- **`encoding/csv`**: Provides functions for reading and writing CSV files. +- **`encoding/base64`**: Implements base64 encoding as specified by RFC 4648. + +### File and Text Processing + +- **`strings`**: Provides functions to manipulate UTF-8 encoded strings. +- **`regexp`**: Provides regular expression search and pattern matching. +- **`path/filepath`**: Implements utility routines for manipulating filename paths in a way compatible with the target operating system-defined file paths. +- **`io/ioutil`**: Implements some I/O utility functions, such as reading from and writing to files. + +### Security + +- **`crypto`**: Packages implementing various cryptographic operations such as encryption, decryption, and secure hashing algorithms. +- **`crypto/tls`**: Implements TLS (Transport Layer Security). +- **`crypto/rand`**: Implements functions to generate cryptographically secure random numbers. + +### Compression + +- **`compress/gzip`**: Implements reading and writing of gzip format compressed files. +- **`compress/zlib`**: Provides reading and writing of zlib format compressed data. + +### Time and Date + +- **`time`**: Provides functionality for measuring and displaying time. +- **`time/tzdata`**: Contains timezone data used by the `time` package. + +### File System + +- **`os`**: Provides a platform-independent interface to operating system functionality including file operations. +- **`io/fs`**: Provides basic interfaces for file system operations. +- **`archive/zip`**: Provides support for reading and writing ZIP archives. +- **`archive/tar`**: Provides support for reading and writing tar archives. + +### Concurrency + +- **`sync`**: Provides basic synchronization primitives such as mutual exclusion locks. +- **`sync/atomic`**: Provides low-level atomic memory primitives useful for implementing synchronization algorithms. + +### Reflection + +- **`reflect`**: Provides run-time reflection, allowing a program to manipulate objects with arbitrary types. + +### Error Handling + +- **`errors`**: Implements functions to manipulate errors. +- **`strconv`**: Provides conversions to and from string representations of basic data types. + +### Testing and Benchmarking + +- **`testing`**: Provides support for automated testing of Go packages. +- **`testing/quick`**: Provides support for black-box testing by randomly generating test inputs. + +### OS and System + +- **`os/signal`**: Provides access to incoming signals. +- **`os/exec`**: Runs external commands. +- **`syscall`**: Contains an interface to low-level operating system primitives. + +### Image Processing + +- **`image`**: Provides basic 2-D image library. +- **`image/png`**: Implements a PNG image decoder and encoder. +- **`image/jpeg`**: Implements a JPEG image decoder. + +### Database + +- **`database/sql`**: Provides a generic interface around SQL (or SQL-like) databases. + +### Utility Libraries + +- **`flag`**: Implements command-line flag parsing. +- **`sort`**: Provides primitives for sorting slices and user-defined collections. +- **`math`**: Provides basic constants and mathematical functions. +- **`math/rand`**: Implements pseudo-random number generators. + +### Other Useful Libraries + +- **`context`**: Defines the Context type, which carries deadlines, cancelation signals, and other request-scoped values across API boundaries and between processes. +- **`mime/multipart`**: Provides support for MIME multipart parsing, often used for file uploads. +- **`html/template`**: Implements data-driven templates for generating HTML output safe against code injection. +- **`text/template`**: Provides data-driven templates for generating textual output. + +### Summary + +Go's standard library is extensive and powerful, enabling developers to handle a wide array of tasks out of the box, from basic I/O operations to complex network communication and data processing. This makes Go an ideal language for building robust, high-performance applications across various domains. + +--- + ### Working with Data Formats and Databases in Go Go provides robust support for working with various data formats like CSV, JSON, and databases. Here’s a detailed overview of what Go provides for each: