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Golang Engineer Projects

The document outlines a series of preparation projects for aspiring Golang software engineers, categorized into foundational, intermediate, and advanced levels. It includes project ideas such as building CLI tools, a REST API, an authentication system, and gRPC microservices, along with recommendations for testing and tooling. Additionally, it emphasizes familiarity with various frameworks, databases, messaging systems, and deployment tools in the Golang ecosystem.

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Golang Engineer Projects

The document outlines a series of preparation projects for aspiring Golang software engineers, categorized into foundational, intermediate, and advanced levels. It includes project ideas such as building CLI tools, a REST API, an authentication system, and gRPC microservices, along with recommendations for testing and tooling. Additionally, it emphasizes familiarity with various frameworks, databases, messaging systems, and deployment tools in the Golang ecosystem.

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Golang Software Engineer Preparation Projects

Foundational Projects
- CLI Tools:
- Build a To-Do List manager
- Create a file organizer
- JSON/YAML/CSV parser and converter

- Web Crawler:
- Crawl a website and collect metadata or links
- Use goroutines to fetch multiple pages concurrently

- REST API with CRUD:


- Example: Bookstore or task manager
- Use net/http and gorilla/mux or chi
- Add tests and logging

Intermediate Projects
- Authentication System:
- JWT-based login/logout
- Role-based access
- Optional: OAuth integration

- Concurrent File Processor:


- Read large logs and extract info
- Use channels and worker pools

- URL Shortener:
- REST API + Redis
- Analytics tracking

- Blog Platform or CMS:


- REST or gRPC API
- Markdown rendering
- Admin interface

Advanced Projects
- gRPC Microservices:
- Services like user, product, order
- Use gRPC
- Add tracing, logging, service discovery

- Distributed Task Queue:


- Similar to Celery
- Use RabbitMQ, NATS, or Redis Streams

- Load Balancer or Proxy:


- Accept HTTP requests and forward
- Round-robin or IP-hash
- Metrics and health checks

- Kubernetes Operator:
- Custom controller/operator
- Deploy and manage custom resources

Bonus: Testing and Tooling


- Write unit tests with testing package

- Use benchmarks for performance testing

- Explore pprof and go tool trace for profiling

- Build a custom linter with go/ast or as a golangci-lint plugin

Tools and Ecosystem Familiarity


- Frameworks: Gin, Fiber, Echo

- ORM/DB: GORM, sqlx, pgx

- Messaging: NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ

- CI/CD: Docker + GitHub Actions or CircleCI

- Deployment: Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform basics

- Cloud: AWS SDK for Go (S3, DynamoDB, etc.)

Tips
- Push everything to GitHub with good README and tests

- Use Go modules properly

- Include CI badges and Docker support


- Keep code idiomatic (go fmt, golint, etc.)

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