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Golang for Node.js Developers

Examples of Golang examples compared to Node.js for learning

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This guide full of examples is intended for people learning Go that are coming from Node.js, although the vice versa can work too. This is not meant to be a complete guide and it is assumed that you've gone through the Tour of Go tutorial. This guide is meant to be barely good enough to help you at a high level understand how to do X in Y and doing further learning on your own is of course required.

Contents

Examples

All sample code is available in examples/

comments


Node.js

// this is a line comment /*  this is a block comment */

Go

package main func main() { // this is a line comment /*  this is a block comment */ }

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printing


Node.js

console.log('print to stdout') console.log('format %s %d', 'example', 1) console.error('print to stderr')

Output

print to stdout format example 1 print to stderr

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os" ) func main() { fmt.Println("print to stdout") fmt.Printf("format %s %v\n", "example", 1) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "print to stderr") }

Output

print to stdout format example 1 print to stderr

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logging


Node.js

console.log((new Date()).toISOString(), 'hello world')

Output

2021-04-11T20:55:07.451Z hello world

Go

package main import "log" func main() { log.Println("hello world") }

Output

2021/04/11 13:55:07 hello world

(Package log writes to standard error ánd prints the date and time of each logged message)

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variables


Node.js

// function scoped var foo = 'foo' // block scoped let bar = 'bar' // constant const qux = 'qux'

Go

(variables are block scoped in Go)

package main func main() { // explicit var foo string = "foo" // type inferred var bar = "foo" // shorthand baz := "bar" // constant const qux = "qux" }

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interpolation


Node.js

const name = 'bob' const age = 21 const message = `${name} is ${age} years old` console.log(message)

Output

bob is 21 years old

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { name := "bob" age := 21 message := fmt.Sprintf("%s is %d years old", name, age) fmt.Println(message) }

Output

bob is 21 years old

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types


Node.js

// primitives const myBool = true const myNumber = 10 const myString = 'foo' const mySymbol = Symbol('bar') const myNull = null const myUndefined = undefined // object types const myObject = {} const myArray = [] const myFunction = function() {} const myError = new Error('error') const myDate = new Date() const myRegex = /a/ const myMap = new Map() const mySet = new Set() const myPromise = Promise.resolve() const myGenerator = function *() {} const myClass = class {}

Go

package main func main() { // primitives var myBool bool = true var myInt int = 10 var myInt8 int8 = 10 var myInt16 int16 = 10 var myInt32 int32 = 10 var myInt64 int64 = 10 var myUint uint = 10 var myUint8 uint8 = 10 var myUint16 uint16 = 10 var myUint32 uint32 = 10 var myUint64 uint64 = 10 var myUintptr uintptr = 10 var myFloat32 float32 = 10.5 var myFloat64 float64 = 10.5 var myComplex64 complex64 = -1 + 10i var myComplex128 complex128 = -1 + 10i var myString string = "foo" var myByte byte = 10 // alias to uint8 var myRune rune = 'a' // alias to int32 // composite types var myStruct struct{} = struct{}{} var myArray []string = []string{} var myMap map[string]int = map[string]int{} var myFunction func() = func() {} var myChannel chan bool = make(chan bool) var myInterface interface{} = nil var myPointer *int = new(int) }

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type check


Node.js

function typeOf(obj) { return {}.toString.call(obj).split(' ')[1].slice(0,-1).toLowerCase() } const values = [ true, 10, 'foo', Symbol('bar'), null, undefined, NaN, {}, [], function(){}, new Error(), new Date(), /a/, new Map(), new Set(), Promise.resolve(), function *() {}, class {}, ] for (value of values) { console.log(typeOf(value)) }

Output

boolean number string symbol null undefined number object array function error date regexp map set promise generatorfunction function

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "reflect" "regexp" "time" ) func main() { values := []interface{}{ true, int8(10), int16(10), int32(10), int64(10), uint(10), uint8(10), uint16(10), uint32(10), uint64(10), uintptr(10), float32(10.5), float64(10.5), complex64(-1 + 10i), complex128(-1 + 10i), "foo", byte(10), 'a', rune('a'), struct{}{},	[]string{}, map[string]int{}, func() {}, make(chan bool), nil, new(int), time.Now(), regexp.MustCompile(`^a$`),	} for _, value := range values { fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(value))	} }

Output

bool int8 int16 int32 int64 uint uint8 uint16 uint32 uint64 uintptr float32 float64 complex64 complex128 string uint8 int32 int32 struct {} []string map[string]int func() chan bool <nil> *int time.Time *regexp.Regexp

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if/else


Node.js

const array = [1, 2] if (array) { console.log('array exists') } if (array.length === 2) { console.log('length is 2') } else if (array.length === 1) { console.log('length is 1') } else { console.log('length is other') } const isOddLength = array.length % 2 == 1 ? 'yes' : 'no' console.log(isOddLength)

Output

array exists length is 2 no

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { array := []byte{1, 2} if array != nil { fmt.Println("array exists")	} if len(array) == 2 { fmt.Println("length is 2")	} else if len(array) == 1 { fmt.Println("length is 1")	} else { fmt.Println("length is other")	} // closest thing to ternary operator isOddLength := "no" if len(array)%2 == 1 { isOddLength = "yes"	} fmt.Println(isOddLength) }

Output

array exists length is 2 no

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for


Node.js

for (let i = 0; i <= 5; i++) { console.log(i) }

Output

0 1 2 3 4 5

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { for i := 0; i <= 5; i++ { fmt.Println(i)	} }

Output

0 1 2 3 4 5

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while


Node.js

let i = 0 while (i <= 5) { console.log(i) i++ }

Output

0 1 2 3 4 5

Go

(there's no while keyword in Go but the same functionality is achieved by using for)

package main import "fmt" func main() { i := 0 for i <= 5 { fmt.Println(i) i++	} }

Output

0 1 2 3 4 5

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switch


Node.js

const value = 'b' switch(value) { case 'a': console.log('A') break case 'b': console.log('B') break case 'c': console.log('C') break default: console.log('first default') } switch(value) { case 'a': console.log('A - falling through') case 'b': console.log('B - falling through') case 'c': console.log('C - falling through') default: console.log('second default') }

Output

B B - falling through C - falling through second default

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { value := "b" switch value { case "a": fmt.Println("A") case "b": fmt.Println("B") case "c": fmt.Println("C") default: fmt.Println("first default")	} switch value { case "a": fmt.Println("A - falling through") fallthrough case "b": fmt.Println("B - falling through") fallthrough case "c": fmt.Println("C - falling through") fallthrough default: fmt.Println("second default")	} }

Output

B B - falling through C - falling through second default

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arrays


Examples of slicing, copying, appending, and prepending arrays.

Node.js

const array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] console.log(array) const clone = array.slice(0) console.log(clone) const sub = array.slice(2,4) console.log(sub) const concatenated = clone.concat([6, 7]) console.log(concatenated) const prepended = [-2,-1,0].concat(concatenated) console.log(prepended)

Output

[ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] [ 3, 4 ] [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ] [ -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { array := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} fmt.Println(array) clone := make([]int, len(array)) copy(clone, array) fmt.Println(clone) sub := array[2:4] fmt.Println(sub) concatenated := append(array, []int{6, 7}...) fmt.Println(concatenated) prepended := append([]int{-2, -1, 0}, concatenated...) fmt.Println(prepended) }

Output

[1 2 3 4 5] [1 2 3 4 5] [3 4] [1 2 3 4 5 6 7] [-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7]

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uint8 arrays


Node.js

const array = new Uint8Array(10) console.log(array) const offset = 1 array.set([1, 2, 3], offset) console.log(array) const sub = array.subarray(2) console.log(sub) const sub2 = array.subarray(2,4) console.log(sub2) console.log(array) const value = 9 const start = 5 const end = 10 array.fill(value, start, end) console.log(array) console.log(array.byteLength)

Output

Uint8Array [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ] Uint8Array [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ] Uint8Array [ 2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ] Uint8Array [ 2, 3 ] Uint8Array [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ] Uint8Array [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 ] 10

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { array := make([]uint8, 10) fmt.Println(array) offset := 1 copy(array[offset:], []uint8{1, 2, 3}) fmt.Println(array) sub := array[2:] fmt.Println(sub) sub2 := array[2:4] fmt.Println(sub2) fmt.Println(array) value := uint8(9) start := 5 end := 10 for i := start; i < end; i++ { array[i] = value	} fmt.Println(array) fmt.Println(len(array)) }

Output

[0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] [0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0] [2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0] [2 3] [0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0] [0 1 2 3 0 9 9 9 9 9] 10

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array iteration


Examples of iterating, mapping, filtering, and reducing arrays.

Node.js

const array = ['a', 'b', 'c'] array.forEach((value, i) => { console.log(i, value) }) const mapped = array.map(value => { return value.toUpperCase() }) console.log(mapped) const filtered = array.filter((value, i) => { return i % 2 == 0 }) console.log(filtered) const reduced = array.reduce((acc, value, i) => { if (i % 2 == 0) { acc.push(value.toUpperCase()) } return acc }, []) console.log(reduced)

Output

0 'a' 1 'b' 2 'c' [ 'A', 'B', 'C' ] [ 'a', 'c' ] [ 'A', 'C' ]

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "strings" ) func main() { array := []string{"a", "b", "c"} for i, value := range array { fmt.Println(i, value)	} mapped := make([]string, len(array)) for i, value := range array { mapped[i] = strings.ToUpper(value)	} fmt.Println(mapped) var filtered []string for i, value := range array { if i%2 == 0 { filtered = append(filtered, value)	}	} fmt.Println(filtered) var reduced []string for i, value := range array { if i%2 == 0 { reduced = append(reduced, strings.ToUpper(value))	}	} fmt.Println(reduced) }

Output

0 a 1 b 2 c [A B C] [a c] [A C]

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array sorting


Examples of how to sort an array

Node.js

const stringArray = ['a', 'd', 'z', 'b', 'c', 'y'] const stringArraySortedAsc = stringArray.sort((a, b) => a > b ? 1 : -1) console.log(stringArraySortedAsc) const stringArraySortedDesc = stringArray.sort((a, b) => a > b ? -1 : 1) console.log(stringArraySortedDesc) const numberArray = [1, 3, 5, 9, 4, 2, 0] const numberArraySortedAsc = numberArray.sort((a, b) => a - b) console.log(numberArraySortedAsc) const numberArraySortedDesc = numberArray.sort((a, b) => b - a) console.log(numberArraySortedDesc) const collection = [ { name: "Li L", age: 8 }, { name: "Json C", age: 3 }, { name: "Zack W", age: 15 }, { name: "Yi M", age: 2 } ] const collectionSortedByAgeAsc = collection.sort((a, b) => a.age - b.age) console.log(collectionSortedByAgeAsc) const collectionSortedByAgeDesc = collection.sort((a, b) => b.age - a.age) console.log(collectionSortedByAgeDesc)

Output

[ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'y', 'z' ] [ 'z', 'y', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a' ] [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 ] [ 9, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 ] [ { name: 'Yi M', age: 2 }, { name: 'Json C', age: 3 }, { name: 'Li L', age: 8 }, { name: 'Zack W', age: 15 } ] [ { name: 'Zack W', age: 15 }, { name: 'Li L', age: 8 }, { name: 'Json C', age: 3 }, { name: 'Yi M', age: 2 } ]

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "sort" ) type Person struct { Name string Age int } type PersonCollection []Person func (pc PersonCollection) Len() int { return len(pc) } func (pc PersonCollection) Swap(i, j int) { pc[i], pc[j] = pc[j], pc[i] } func (pc PersonCollection) Less(i, j int) bool { // asc return pc[i].Age < pc[j].Age } func main() { intList := []int{1, 3, 5, 9, 4, 2, 0} // asc sort.Ints(intList) fmt.Println(intList) // desc sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.IntSlice(intList))) fmt.Println(intList) stringList := []string{"a", "d", "z", "b", "c", "y"} // asc sort.Strings(stringList) fmt.Println(stringList) // desc sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.StringSlice(stringList))) fmt.Println(stringList) collection := []Person{	{"Li L", 8},	{"Json C", 3},	{"Zack W", 15},	{"Yi M", 2},	} // asc sort.Sort(PersonCollection(collection)) fmt.Println(collection) // desc sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(PersonCollection(collection))) fmt.Println(collection) }

Output

[0 1 2 3 4 5 9] [9 5 4 3 2 1 0] [a b c d y z] [z y d c b a] [{Yi M 2} {Json C 3} {Li L 8} {Zack W 15}] [{Zack W 15} {Li L 8} {Json C 3} {Yi M 2}]

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buffers


Examples of how to allocate a buffer, write in big or little endian format, encode to a hex string, and check if buffers are equal.

Node.js

const buf = Buffer.alloc(6) let value = 0x1234567890ab let offset = 0 let byteLength = 6 buf.writeUIntBE(value, offset, byteLength) let hexstr = buf.toString('hex') console.log(hexstr) const buf2 = Buffer.alloc(6) value = 0x1234567890ab offset = 0 byteLength = 6 buf2.writeUIntLE(value, offset, byteLength) hexstr = buf2.toString('hex') console.log(hexstr) let isEqual = Buffer.compare(buf, buf2) === 0 console.log(isEqual) isEqual = Buffer.compare(buf, buf) === 0 console.log(isEqual)

Output

1234567890ab ab9078563412 false true

Go

package main import ( "bytes" "encoding/binary" "encoding/hex" "fmt" "log" "math/big" "reflect" ) func writeUIntBE(buffer []byte, value, offset, byteLength int64) { slice := make([]byte, byteLength) val := new(big.Int) val.SetUint64(uint64(value)) valBytes := val.Bytes() buf := bytes.NewBuffer(slice) err := binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, &valBytes) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err)	} slice = buf.Bytes() slice = slice[int64(len(slice))-byteLength : len(slice)] copy(buffer[offset:], slice) } func writeUIntLE(buffer []byte, value, offset, byteLength int64) { slice := make([]byte, byteLength) val := new(big.Int) val.SetUint64(uint64(value)) valBytes := val.Bytes() tmp := make([]byte, len(valBytes)) for i := range valBytes { tmp[i] = valBytes[len(valBytes)-1-i]	} copy(slice, tmp) copy(buffer[offset:], slice) } func main() { buf := make([]byte, 6) writeUIntBE(buf, 0x1234567890ab, 0, 6) fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(buf)) buf2 := make([]byte, 6) writeUIntLE(buf2, 0x1234567890ab, 0, 6) fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(buf2)) isEqual := reflect.DeepEqual(buf, buf2) fmt.Println(isEqual) isEqual = reflect.DeepEqual(buf, buf) fmt.Println(isEqual) }

Output

1234567890ab ab9078563412 false true

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maps


Node.js

const map = new Map() map.set('foo', 'bar') let found = map.has('foo') console.log(found) let item = map.get('foo') console.log(item) map.delete('foo') found = map.has('foo') console.log(found) item = map.get('foo') console.log(item) const map2 = {} map2['foo'] = 'bar' item = map2['foo'] delete map2['foo'] const map3 = new Map() map3.set('foo', 100) map3.set('bar', 200) map3.set('baz', 300) for (let [key, value] of map3) { console.log(key, value) }

Output

true bar false undefined foo 100 bar 200 baz 300

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { map1 := make(map[string]string) map1["foo"] = "bar" item, found := map1["foo"] fmt.Println(found) fmt.Println(item) delete(map1, "foo") item, found = map1["foo"] fmt.Println(found) fmt.Println(item) map2 := make(map[string]int) map2["foo"] = 100 map2["bar"] = 200 map2["baz"] = 300 for key, value := range map2 { fmt.Println(key, value)	} }

Output

true bar false foo 100 bar 200 baz 300

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objects


Node.js

const obj = { someProperties: { 'foo': 'bar' }, someMethod: (prop) => { return obj.someProperties[prop] } } let item = obj.someProperties['foo'] console.log(item) item = obj.someMethod('foo') console.log(item)

Output

bar bar

Go

package main import "fmt" type Obj struct { SomeProperties map[string]string } func NewObj() *Obj { return &Obj{ SomeProperties: map[string]string{ "foo": "bar",	},	} } func (o *Obj) SomeMethod(prop string) string { return o.SomeProperties[prop] } func main() { obj := NewObj() item := obj.SomeProperties["foo"] fmt.Println(item) item = obj.SomeMethod("foo") fmt.Println(item) }

Output

bar bar

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functions


Node.js

function add(a, b) { return a + b } const result = add(2,3) console.log(result)

Output

5

Go

package main import "fmt" func add(a int, b int) int { return a + b } func main() { result := add(2, 3) fmt.Println(result) }

Output

5

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default values


Node.js

function greet(name = 'stranger') { return `hello ${name}` } let message = greet() console.log(message) message = greet('bob') console.log(message)

Output

hello stranger hello bob

Go

use pointers and check for nil to know if explicitly left blank

package main import "fmt" func greet(name *string) string { n := "stranger" if name != nil { n = *name	} return fmt.Sprintf("hello %s", n) } func main() { message := greet(nil) fmt.Println(message) name := "bob" message = greet(&name) fmt.Println(message) }

Output

hello stranger hello bob

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destructuring


Node.js

const obj = { key: 'foo', value: 'bar' } const { key, value } = obj console.log(key, value)

Output

foo bar

Go

package main import "fmt" type Obj struct { Key string Value string } func (o *Obj) Read() (string, string) { return o.Key, o.Value } func main() { obj := Obj{ Key: "foo", Value: "bar",	} // option 1: multiple variable assignment key, value := obj.Key, obj.Value fmt.Println(key, value) // option 2: return multiple values from a function key, value = obj.Read() fmt.Println(key, value) }

Output

foo bar foo bar

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spread operator


Node.js

const array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] console.log(...array)

Output

1 2 3 4 5

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { array := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} var i []interface{} for _, value := range array { i = append(i, value)	} fmt.Println(i...) }

Output

1 2 3 4 5

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rest operator


Node.js

function sum(...nums) { let t = 0 for (let n of nums) { t += n } return t } const total = sum(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) console.log(total)

Output

15

Go

package main import "fmt" func sum(nums ...int) int { var t int for _, n := range nums { t += n	} return t } func main() { total := sum(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) fmt.Println(total) }

Output

15

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swapping


Node.js

let a = 'foo' let b = 'bar' console.log(a, b); [b, a] = [a, b] console.log(a, b)

Output

foo bar bar foo

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { a := "foo" b := "bar" fmt.Println(a, b) b, a = a, b fmt.Println(a, b) }

Output

foo bar bar foo

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classes


Examples of classes, constructors, instantiation, and "this" keyword.

Node.js

class Foo { constructor(value) { this.item = value } getItem() { return this.item } setItem(value) { this.item = value } } const foo = new Foo('bar') console.log(foo.item) foo.setItem('qux') const item = foo.getItem() console.log(item)

Output

bar qux

Go

(closest thing to a class is to use a structure)

package main import "fmt" type Foo struct { Item string } func NewFoo(value string) *Foo { return &Foo{ Item: value,	} } func (f *Foo) GetItem() string { return f.Item } func (f *Foo) SetItem(value string) { f.Item = value } func main() { foo := NewFoo("bar") fmt.Println(foo.Item) foo.SetItem("qux") item := foo.GetItem() fmt.Println(item) }

Output

bar qux

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generators


Node.js

function *generator() { yield 'hello' yield 'world' } let gen = generator() while (true) { let { value, done } = gen.next() console.log(value, done) if (done) { break } } // alternatively for (let value of generator()) { console.log(value) }

Output

hello false world false undefined true hello world

Go

package main import "fmt" func Generator() chan string { c := make(chan string) go func() { c <- "hello" c <- "world" close(c)	}() return c } func GeneratorFunc() func() (string, bool) { s := []string{"hello", "world"} i := -1 return func() (string, bool) { i++ if i >= len(s) { return "", false	} return s[i], true	} } func main() { gen := Generator() for { value, more := <-gen fmt.Println(value, more) if !more { break	}	} // alternatively for value := range Generator() { fmt.Println(value)	} // alternatively genfn := GeneratorFunc() for { value, more := genfn() fmt.Println(value, more) if !more { break	}	} }

Output

hello true world true false hello world hello true world true false

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datetime


Examples of parsing, formatting, and getting unix timestamp of dates.

Node.js

const nowUnix = Date.now() console.log(nowUnix) const datestr = '2019-01-17T09:24:23+00:00' const date = new Date(datestr) console.log(date.getTime()) console.log(date.toString()) const futureDate = new Date(date) futureDate.setDate(date.getDate()+14) console.log(futureDate.toString()) const formatted = `${String(date.getMonth()+1).padStart(2, 0)}/${String(date.getDate()).padStart(2, 0)}/${date.getFullYear()}` console.log(formatted)

Output

1547718844168 1547717063000 Thu Jan 17 2019 01:24:23 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) Thu Jan 31 2019 01:24:23 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) 01/17/2019

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func main() { nowUnix := time.Now().Unix() fmt.Println(nowUnix) datestr := "2019-01-17T09:24:23+00:00" date, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00", datestr) if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(date.Unix()) fmt.Println(date.String()) futureDate := date.AddDate(0, 0, 14) fmt.Println(futureDate.String()) formatted := date.Format("01/02/2006") fmt.Println(formatted) }

Output

1547718844 1547717063 2019-01-17 09:24:23 +0000 +0000 2019-01-31 09:24:23 +0000 +0000 01/17/2019

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timeout


Node.js

setTimeout(callback, 1e3) function callback() { console.log('called') }

Output

called

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "sync" "time" ) var wg sync.WaitGroup func callback() { defer wg.Done() fmt.Println("called") } func main() { wg.Add(1) time.AfterFunc(1*time.Second, callback) wg.Wait() }

Output

called

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interval


Node.js

let i = 0 const id = setInterval(callback, 1e3) function callback() { console.log('called', i) if (i === 3) { clearInterval(id) } i++ }

Output

called 0 called 1 called 2 called 3

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func callback(i int) { fmt.Println("called", i) } func main() { ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second) i := 0 for range ticker.C { callback(i) if i == 3 { ticker.Stop() break	} i++	} }

Output

called 0 called 1 called 2 called 3

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IIFE


Immediately invoked function expression

Node.js

(function(name) { console.log('hello', name) })('bob')

Output

hello bob

Go

package main import "fmt" func main() { func(name string) { fmt.Println("hello", name)	}("bob") }

Output

hello bob

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files


Examples of creating, opening, writing, reading, closing, and deleting files.

Node.js

const fs = require('fs') // create file fs.closeSync(fs.openSync('test.txt', 'w')) // open file (returns file descriptor) const fd = fs.openSync('test.txt', 'r+') let wbuf = Buffer.from('hello world.') let rbuf = Buffer.alloc(12) let off = 0 let len = 12 let pos = 0 // write file fs.writeSync(fd, wbuf, pos) // read file fs.readSync(fd, rbuf, off, len, pos) console.log(rbuf.toString()) // close file fs.closeSync(fd) // delete file fs.unlinkSync('test.txt')

Output

hello world.

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os" "syscall" ) func main() { // create file file, err := os.Create("test.txt") if err != nil { panic(err)	} // close file file.Close() // open file file, err = os.OpenFile("test.txt", os.O_RDWR, 0755) if err != nil { panic(err)	} // file descriptor fd := file.Fd() // open file (using file descriptor) file = os.NewFile(fd, "test file") wbuf := []byte("hello world.") rbuf := make([]byte, 12) var off int64 // write file if _, err := file.WriteAt(wbuf, off); err != nil { panic(err)	} // read file if _, err := file.ReadAt(rbuf, off); err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(string(rbuf)) // close file (using file descriptor) if err := syscall.Close(int(fd)); err != nil { panic(err)	} // delete file if err := os.Remove("test.txt"); err != nil { panic(err)	} }

Output

hello world.

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json


Examples of how to parse (unmarshal) and stringify (marshal) JSON.

Node.js

let jsonstr = '{"foo":"bar"}' let parsed = JSON.parse(jsonstr) console.log(parsed) jsonstr = JSON.stringify(parsed) console.log(jsonstr)

Output

{ foo: 'bar' } {"foo":"bar"}

Go

package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" ) type T struct { Foo string `json:"foo"` } func main() { jsonstr := `{"foo":"bar"}` t := new(T) err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonstr), t) if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(t) marshalled, err := json.Marshal(t) jsonstr = string(marshalled) fmt.Println(jsonstr) }

Output

&{bar} {"foo":"bar"}

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big numbers


Examples of creating big number types from and to uint, string, hex, and buffers.

Node.js

let bn = 75n; console.log(bn.toString(10)) bn = BigInt('75') console.log(bn.toString(10)) bn = BigInt(0x4b) console.log(bn.toString(10)) bn = BigInt('0x4b') console.log(bn.toString(10)) bn = BigInt('0x' + Buffer.from('4b', 'hex').toString('hex')) console.log(bn.toString(10)) console.log(Number(bn)) console.log(bn.toString(16)) console.log(Buffer.from(bn.toString(16), 'hex')) let bn2 = BigInt(100) let isEqual = bn === bn2 console.log(isEqual) let isGreater = bn > bn2 console.log(isGreater) let isLesser = bn < bn2 console.log(isLesser)

Output

75 75 75 75 75 75 4b <Buffer 4b> false false true

Go

package main import ( "encoding/hex" "fmt" "math/big" ) func main() { bn := new(big.Int) bn.SetUint64(75) fmt.Println(bn.String()) bn = new(big.Int) bn.SetString("75", 10) fmt.Println(bn.String()) bn = new(big.Int) bn.SetUint64(0x4b) fmt.Println(bn.String()) bn = new(big.Int) bn.SetString("4b", 16) fmt.Println(bn.String()) bn = new(big.Int) bn.SetBytes([]byte{0x4b}) fmt.Println(bn.String()) fmt.Println(bn.Uint64()) fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(bn.Bytes())) fmt.Println(bn.Bytes()) bn2 := big.NewInt(100) isEqual := bn.Cmp(bn2) == 0 fmt.Println(isEqual) isGreater := bn.Cmp(bn2) == 1 fmt.Println(isGreater) isLesser := bn.Cmp(bn2) == -1 fmt.Println(isLesser) }

Output

75 75 75 75 75 75 4b [75] false false true

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promises


Node.js

function asyncMethod(value) { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { setTimeout(() => { resolve('resolved: ' + value) }, 1e3) }) } function main() { asyncMethod('foo') .then(result => console.log(result)) .catch(err => console.error(err)) Promise.all([ asyncMethod('A'), asyncMethod('B'), asyncMethod('C') ]) .then(result => console.log(result)) .catch(err => console.error(err)) } main()

Output

resolved: foo [ 'resolved: A', 'resolved: B', 'resolved: C' ]

Go

(closest thing is to use channels)

package main import ( "fmt" "sync" "time" "github.com/prometheus/common/log" ) func asyncMethod(value string) chan interface{} { ch := make(chan interface{}, 1) go func() { time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) ch <- "resolved: " + value close(ch)	}() return ch } func resolveAll(ch ...chan interface{}) chan interface{} { var wg sync.WaitGroup res := make([]string, len(ch)) resCh := make(chan interface{}, 1) go func() { for i, c := range ch { wg.Add(1) go func(j int, ifcCh chan interface{}) { ifc := <-ifcCh switch v := ifc.(type) { case error: resCh <- v case string: res[j] = v	} wg.Done()	}(i, c)	} wg.Wait() resCh <- res close(resCh)	}() return resCh } func main() { var wg sync.WaitGroup wg.Add(2) go func() { result := <-asyncMethod("foo") switch v := result.(type) { case string: fmt.Println(v) case error: log.Errorln(v)	} wg.Done()	}() go func() { result := <-resolveAll( asyncMethod("A"), asyncMethod("B"), asyncMethod("C"),	) switch v := result.(type) { case []string: fmt.Println(v) case error: log.Errorln(v)	} wg.Done()	}() wg.Wait() }

Output

resolved: foo [resolved: A resolved: B resolved: C]

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async/await


Node.js

function hello(name) { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { setTimeout(() => { if (name === 'fail') { reject(new Error('failed')) } else { resolve('hello ' + name) } }, 1e3) }) } async function main() { try { let output = await hello('bob') console.log(output) output = await hello('fail') console.log(output) } catch(err) { console.log(err.message) } } main()

Output

hello bob failed

Go

(closest thing is to use channels)

package main import ( "errors" "fmt" "time" "github.com/prometheus/common/log" ) func hello(name string) chan interface{} { ch := make(chan interface{}, 1) go func() { time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) if name == "fail" { ch <- errors.New("failed")	} else { ch <- "hello " + name	}	}() return ch } func main() { result := <-hello("bob") switch v := result.(type) { case string: fmt.Println(v) case error: log.Errorln(v)	} result = <-hello("fail") switch v := result.(type) { case string: fmt.Println(v) case error: log.Errorln(v)	} }

Output

hello bob failed

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streams


Examples of reading and writing streams

Node.js

const { Readable, Writable } = require('stream') const inStream = new Readable() inStream.push(Buffer.from('foo')) inStream.push(Buffer.from('bar')) inStream.push(null) // end stream inStream.pipe(process.stdout) const outStream = new Writable({ write(chunk, encoding, callback) { console.log('received: ' + chunk.toString('utf8')) callback() } }) outStream.write(Buffer.from('abc')) outStream.write(Buffer.from('xyz')) outStream.end()

Output

foobar received: abc received: xyz

Go

package main import ( "bufio" "bytes" "fmt" "io" "os" "runtime" ) func main() { inStream := new(bytes.Buffer) w := bufio.NewWriter(inStream) _, err := w.Write([]byte("foo")) if err != nil { panic(err)	} _, err = w.Write([]byte("bar")) if err != nil { panic(err)	} err = w.Flush() if err != nil { panic(err)	} inStream.WriteTo(os.Stdout) fmt.Print("\n") outStream := new(bytes.Buffer) outStream.Write([]byte("abc\n")) outStream.Write([]byte("xyc\n")) piper, pipew := io.Pipe() go func() { sc := bufio.NewScanner(piper) for sc.Scan() { fmt.Println("received: " + sc.Text())	} if err := sc.Err(); err != nil { panic(err)	} os.Exit(0)	}() go func() { defer pipew.Close() io.Copy(pipew, outStream)	}() defer runtime.Goexit() }

Output

foobar received: abc received: xyc

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event emitter


Node.js

const EventEmitter = require('events') class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {} const myEmitter = new MyEmitter() myEmitter.on('my-event', msg => { console.log(msg) }) myEmitter.on('my-other-event', msg => { console.log(msg) }) myEmitter.emit('my-event', 'hello world') myEmitter.emit('my-other-event', 'hello other world')

Output

hello world hello other world

Go

(closest thing is to use channels)

package main import ( "fmt" ) type MyEmitter map[string]chan string func main() { myEmitter := MyEmitter{} myEmitter["my-event"] = make(chan string) myEmitter["my-other-event"] = make(chan string) go func() { for { select { case msg := <-myEmitter["my-event"]: fmt.Println(msg) case msg := <-myEmitter["my-other-event"]: fmt.Println(msg)	}	}	}() myEmitter["my-event"] <- "hello world" myEmitter["my-other-event"] <- "hello other world" }

Output

hello world hello other world

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errors


Node.js

const err1 = new Error('some error') console.log(err1) class FooError extends Error{ constructor(message) { super(message) this.name = 'FooError' this.message = message } toString() { return this.message } } const err2 = new FooError('my custom error') console.log(err2)

Output

Error: some error { FooError: my custom error }

Go

package main import ( "errors" "fmt" ) type FooError struct { s string } func (f *FooError) Error() string { return f.s } func NewFooError(s string) error { return &FooError{s} } func main() { err1 := errors.New("some error") fmt.Println(err1) err2 := NewFooError("my custom error") fmt.Println(err2) }

Output

some error my custom error

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try/catch


Node.js

function foo(fail) { if (fail) { throw Error('my error') } } function main() { try { foo(true) } catch(err) { console.log(`caught error: ${err.message}`) } } main()

Output

caught error: my error

Go

package main import ( "errors" "fmt" ) func foo(fail bool) error { if fail { return errors.New("my error")	} return nil } func main() { err := foo(true) if err != nil { fmt.Printf("caught error: %s\n", err.Error())	} }

Output

caught error: my error

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exceptions


Node.js

function foo() { throw Error('my exception') } function main() { foo() } process.on('uncaughtException', err => { console.log(`caught exception: ${err.message}`) process.exit(1) }) main()

Output

caught exception: my exception

Go

package main import ( "fmt" ) func foo() { panic("my exception") } func main() { defer func() { if r := recover(); r != nil { fmt.Printf("caught exception: %s", r)	}	}() foo() }

Output

caught exception: my exception

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regex


Node.js

let input = 'foobar' let replaced = input.replace(/foo(.*)/i, 'qux$1') console.log(replaced) let match = /o{2}/i.test(input) console.log(match) input = '111-222-333' let matches = input.match(/([0-9]+)/gi) console.log(matches)

Output

quxbar true [ '111', '222', '333' ]

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "regexp" ) func main() { input := "foobar" re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)foo(.*)`) replaced := re.ReplaceAllString(input, "qux$1") fmt.Println(replaced) re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)o{2}`) match := re.Match([]byte(input)) fmt.Println(match) input = "111-222-333" re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)([0-9]+)`) matches := re.FindAllString(input, -1) fmt.Println(matches) }

Output

quxbar true [111 222 333]

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exec (sync)


Node.js

const { execSync } = require('child_process') const output = execSync(`echo 'hello world'`) console.log(output.toString())

Output

hello world

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os/exec" ) func main() { output, err := exec.Command("echo", "hello world").Output() if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(string(output)) }

Output

hello world

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exec (async)


Node.js

const { exec } = require('child_process') exec(`echo 'hello world'`, (error, stdout, stderr) => { if (error) { console.error(err) } if (stderr) { console.error(stderr) } if (stdout) { console.log(stdout) } })

Output

hello world

Go

package main import ( "os" "os/exec" ) func main() { cmd := exec.Command("echo", "hello world") cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr cmd.Run() }

Output

hello world

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tcp server


Node.js

const net = require('net') function handler(socket) { socket.write('Received: ') socket.pipe(socket) } const server = net.createServer(handler) server.listen(3000)

Output

$ echo 'hello' | nc localhost 3000 Received: hello

Go

package main import ( "bufio" "net" ) func handler(conn net.Conn) { defer conn.Close() reader := bufio.NewReader(conn) for { message, err := reader.ReadString('\n') if err != nil { return	} conn.Write([]byte("Received: ")) conn.Write([]byte(message))	} } func main() { listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":3000") if err != nil { panic(err)	} defer listener.Close() for { conn, err := listener.Accept() if err != nil { panic(err)	} go handler(conn)	} }

Output

$ echo 'hello' | nc localhost 3000 Received: hello

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udp server


Node.js

const dgram = require('dgram') const server = dgram.createSocket('udp4') server.on('error', err => { console.error(err) server.close() }) server.on('message', (msg, rinfo) => { const data = msg.toString('utf8').trim() console.log(`received: ${data} from ${rinfo.address}:${rinfo.port}`) }) server.on('listening', () => { const address = server.address() console.log(`server listening ${address.address}:${address.port}`) }) server.bind(3000)

Output

$ echo 'hello world' > /dev/udp/0.0.0.0/3000 server listening 0.0.0.0:3000 received: hello world from 127.0.0.1:51452

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "net" "strings" ) func main() { conn, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", &net.UDPAddr{ Port: 3000, IP: net.ParseIP("0.0.0.0"),	}) if err != nil { panic(err)	} defer conn.Close() fmt.Printf("server listening %s\n", conn.LocalAddr().String()) for { message := make([]byte, 20) rlen, remote, err := conn.ReadFromUDP(message[:]) if err != nil { panic(err)	} data := strings.TrimSpace(string(message[:rlen])) fmt.Printf("received: %s from %s\n", data, remote)	} }

Output

$ echo 'hello world' > /dev/udp/0.0.0.0/3000 server listening [::]:3000 received: hello world from 127.0.0.1:50275

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http server


Node.js

const http = require('http') function handler(request, response) { response.writeHead(200, { 'Content-type':'text/plain' }) response.write('hello world') response.end() } const server = http.createServer(handler) server.listen(8080)

Output

$ curl http://localhost:8080 hello world

Go

package main import ( "net/http" ) func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { w.WriteHeader(200) w.Write([]byte("hello world")) } func main() { http.HandleFunc("/", handler) if err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil); err != nil { panic(err)	} }

Output

$ curl http://localhost:8080 hello world

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url parse


Node.js

const url = require('url') const qs = require('querystring') const urlstr = 'http://bob:secret@sub.example.com:8080/somepath?foo=bar' const parsed = url.parse(urlstr) console.log(parsed.protocol) console.log(parsed.auth) console.log(parsed.port) console.log(parsed.hostname) console.log(parsed.pathname) console.log(qs.parse(parsed.search.substr(1)))

Output

http: bob:secret 8080 sub.example.com /somepath { foo: 'bar' }

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "net/url" ) func main() { urlstr := "http://bob:secret@sub.example.com:8080/somepath?foo=bar" u, err := url.Parse(urlstr) if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(u.Scheme) fmt.Println(u.User) fmt.Println(u.Port()) fmt.Println(u.Hostname()) fmt.Println(u.Path) fmt.Println(u.Query()) }

Output

http bob:secret 8080 sub.example.com /somepath map[foo:[bar]]

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gzip


Node.js

const zlib = require('zlib') const data = Buffer.from('hello world', 'utf-8') zlib.gzip(data, (err, compressed) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(compressed) zlib.unzip(compressed, (err, decompressed) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(decompressed.toString()) }) })

Output

<Buffer 1f 8b 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 cb 48 cd c9 c9 57 28 cf 2f ca 49 01 00 85 11 4a 0d 0b 00 00 00> hello world

Go

package main import ( "bytes" "compress/gzip" "fmt" ) func main() { data := []byte("hello world") compressed := new(bytes.Buffer) w := gzip.NewWriter(compressed) if _, err := w.Write(data); err != nil { panic(err)	} if err := w.Close(); err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(compressed.Bytes()) decompressed := new(bytes.Buffer) r, err := gzip.NewReader(compressed) if err != nil { panic(err)	} _, err = decompressed.ReadFrom(r) if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(string(decompressed.Bytes())) }

Output

[31 139 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 202 72 205 201 201 87 40 207 47 202 73 1 4 0 0 255 255 133 17 74 13 11 0 0 0] hello world

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dns


DNS lookup examples

Node.js

const dns = require('dns') dns.resolveNs('google.com', (err, ns) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(ns) }) dns.resolve4('google.com', (err, ips) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(ips) }) dns.resolveMx('google.com', (err, mx) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(mx) }) dns.resolveTxt('google.com', (err, txt) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(txt) }) dns.setServers(['1.1.1.1']) console.log(dns.getServers()) dns.resolveNs('google.com', (err, ns) => { if (err) { console.error(err) } console.log(ns) })

Output

[ 'ns2.google.com', 'ns3.google.com', 'ns4.google.com', 'ns1.google.com' ] [ '172.217.11.78' ] [ { exchange: 'alt4.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 50 }, { exchange: 'alt2.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 30 }, { exchange: 'alt3.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 40 }, { exchange: 'aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 10 }, { exchange: 'alt1.aspmx.l.google.com', priority: 20 } ] [ [ 'v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all' ], [ 'docusign=05958488-4752-4ef2-95eb-aa7ba8a3bd0e' ], [ 'facebook-domain-verification=22rm551cu4k0ab0bxsw536tlds4h95' ], [ 'globalsign-smime-dv=CDYX+XFHUw2wml6/Gb8+59BsH31KzUr6c1l2BPvqKX8=' ] ] [ '1.1.1.1' ] [ 'ns1.google.com', 'ns2.google.com', 'ns4.google.com', 'ns3.google.com' ]

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "net" ) func main() { ns, err := net.LookupNS("google.com") if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Printf("%s\n", ns) ips, err := net.LookupIP("google.com") if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(ips) mx, err := net.LookupMX("google.com") if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(mx) txt, err := net.LookupTXT("google.com") if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(txt) r := &net.Resolver{ PreferGo: true, Dial: func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) { d := net.Dialer{ Timeout: time.Millisecond * time.Duration(10_000),	} return d.DialContext(ctx, "udp", "1.1.1.1:53")	},	} ns, _ = r.LookupNS(context.Background(), "google.com") fmt.Printf("%s", ns) }

Output

[%!s(*net.NS=&{ns3.google.com.}) %!s(*net.NS=&{ns4.google.com.}) %!s(*net.NS=&{ns1.google.com.}) %!s(*net.NS=&{ns2.google.com.})] [172.217.5.78 2607:f8b0:4007:80d::200e] [0xc0000ba2e0 0xc0000ba260 0xc0000ba2a0 0xc0000ba280 0xc0000ba300] [facebook-domain-verification=22rm551cu4k0ab0bxsw536tlds4h95 docusign=05958488-4752-4ef2-95eb-aa7ba8a3bd0e v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all globalsign-smime-dv=CDYX+XFHUw2wml6/Gb8+59BsH31KzUr6c1l2BPvqKX8=] [%!s(*net.NS=&{ns2.google.com.}) %!s(*net.NS=&{ns1.google.com.}) %!s(*net.NS=&{ns3.google.com.}) %!s(*net.NS=&{ns4.google.com.})]

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crypto


Node.js

const crypto = require('crypto') const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(Buffer.from('hello')).digest() console.log(hash.toString('hex'))

Output

2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824

Go

package main import ( "crypto/sha256" "encoding/hex" "fmt" ) func main() { hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte("hello")) fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])) }

Output

2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824

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env vars


Node.js

const key = process.env['API_KEY'] console.log(key)

Output

$ API_KEY=foobar node examples/env_vars.js foobar

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os" ) func main() { key := os.Getenv("API_KEY") fmt.Println(key) }

Output

$ API_KEY=foobar go run examples/env_vars.go foobar

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cli args


Node.js

const args = process.argv.slice(2) console.log(args)

Output

$ node examples/cli_args.js foo bar qux [ 'foo', 'bar', 'qux' ]

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os" ) func main() { args := os.Args[1:] fmt.Println(args) }

Output

$ go run examples/cli_args.go foo bar qux [foo bar qux]

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cli flags


Node.js

const yargs = require('yargs') const { foo='default value', qux=false } = yargs.argv console.log('foo:', foo) console.log('qux:', qux)

Output

$ node examples/cli_flags.js --foo='bar' --qux=true foo: bar qux: true

Go

package main import ( "flag" "fmt" ) func main() { var foo string flag.StringVar(&foo, "foo", "default value", "a string var") var qux bool flag.BoolVar(&qux, "qux", false, "a bool var") flag.Parse() fmt.Println("foo:", foo) fmt.Println("qux:", qux) }

Output

$ go run examples/cli_flags.go -foo='bar' -qux=true foo: bar qux: true

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stdout


Node.js

process.stdout.write('hello world\n')

Output

hello world

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os" ) func main() { fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "hello world\n") }

Output

hello world

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stderr


Node.js

process.stderr.write('hello error\n')

Output

hello error

Go

package main import ( "fmt" "os" ) func main() { fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "hello error\n") }

Output

hello error

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stdin


Node.js

const stdin = process.openStdin() process.stdout.write('Enter name: ') stdin.addListener('data', text => { const name = text.toString().trim() console.log('Your name is: ' + name) stdin.pause() })

Output

Enter name: bob Your name is: bob

Go

package main import ( "bufio" "fmt" "os" "strings" ) func main() { reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin) fmt.Print("Enter name: ") text, err := reader.ReadString('\n') if err != nil { panic(err)	} name := strings.TrimSpace(text) fmt.Printf("Your name is: %s\n", name) }

Output

Enter name: bob Your name is: bob

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modules


Node.js

# initializing metadata and dependencies file (package.json) $ npm init # installing a module $ npm install moment --save # updating a module $ npm install moment@latest --save # removing a module $ npm uninstall moment --save # pruning modules (removing unused modules) $ npm prune # publishing a module $ npm publish
// importing a module const moment = require('moment') const now = moment().unix() console.log(now)

Output

1546595748
// exporting a module module.exports = { greet(name) { console.log(`hello ${name}`) } }
// importing exported module const greeter = require('./greeter') greeter.greet('bob')

Output

hello bob

Go

Setup

# enable Go modules support GO111MODULE=on # initializing dependencies file (go.mod) $ go mod init # installing a module $ go get github.com/go-shadow/moment # updating a module $ go get -u github.com/go-shadow/moment # removing a module $ rm -rf $GOPATH/pkg/mod/github.com/go-shadow/moment@v<tag>-<checksum>/ # pruning modules (removing unused modules from dependencies file) $ go mod tidy # download modules being used to local vendor directory (equivalent of downloading node_modules locally) $ go mod vendor # publishing a module: # Note: Go doesn't have an index of repositories like NPM. # Go modules are hosted as public git repositories. # To publish, simply push to the repository and tag releases.
package main import ( "fmt" // importing a module "github.com/go-shadow/moment" ) func main() { now := moment.New().Now().Unix() fmt.Println(now) }

Output

1546595748
package greeter import ( "fmt" ) // exporting a module (use a capitalized name to export function) func Greet(name string) { fmt.Printf("hello %s", name) }
package main import ( // importing exported module	greeter "github.com/miguelmota/golang-for-nodejs-developers/examples/greeter_go" ) func main() { greeter.Greet("bob") }

Output

hello bob

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stack trace


Node.js

function foo() { throw new Error('failed') } try { foo() } catch(err) { console.trace(err) }

Output

Trace: Error: failed at foo (/Users/bob/examples/stack_trace.js:2:9) at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/bob/examples/stack_trace.js:6:3) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:741:12) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:285:19) at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:739:3) at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/bob/examples/stack_trace.js:8:11) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:741:12) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:285:19) at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:739:3)

Go

package main import ( "errors" "fmt" "runtime/debug" ) func foo() { panic(errors.New("failed")) } func main() { defer func() { if r := recover(); r != nil { fmt.Println(string(debug.Stack()))	}	}() foo() }

Output

goroutine 1 [running]: runtime/debug.Stack(0xc000090eb8, 0x10a8400, 0xc00007e1c0) /Users/mota/.gvm/gos/go1.11/src/runtime/debug/stack.go:24 +0xa7 main.main.func1() /Users/bob/examples/stack_trace.go:16 +0x46 panic(0x10a8400, 0xc00007e1c0) /Users/mota/.gvm/gos/go1.11/src/runtime/panic.go:513 +0x1b9 main.foo(...) /Users/bob/examples/stack_trace.go:10 main.main() /Users/bob/examples/stack_trace.go:20 +0xa2

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databases


Example of creating a table, inserting rows, and reading rows from a sqlite3 database

Node.js

const sqlite3 = require('sqlite3').verbose() const db = new sqlite3.Database('./sqlite3.db') db.serialize(() => { db.run('CREATE TABLE persons (name TEXT)') const stmt = db.prepare('INSERT INTO persons VALUES (?)') const names = ['alice', 'bob', 'charlie'] for (let i = 0; i < names.length; i++) { stmt.run(names[i]) } stmt.finalize() db.each('SELECT rowid AS id, name FROM persons', (err, row) => { if (err) { console.error(err) return } console.log(row.id, row.name) }) }) db.close()

Output

1 'alice' 2 'bob' 3 'charlie'

Go

package main import ( "database/sql" "fmt"	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" ) func main() { db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "./sqlite3.db") if err != nil { panic(err)	} defer db.Close() _, err = db.Exec("CREATE TABLE persons (name TEXT)") if err != nil { panic(err)	} tx, err := db.Begin() if err != nil { panic(err)	} stmt, err := tx.Prepare("INSERT INTO persons VALUES (?)") if err != nil { panic(err)	} defer stmt.Close() names := []string{"alice", "bob", "charlie"} for _, name := range names { _, err := stmt.Exec(name) if err != nil { panic(err)	}	} tx.Commit() rows, err := db.Query("SELECT rowid AS id, name FROM persons") if err != nil { panic(err)	} defer rows.Close() for rows.Next() { var id int var name string err = rows.Scan(&id, &name) if err != nil { panic(err)	} fmt.Println(id, name)	} err = rows.Err() if err != nil { panic(err)	} }

Output

1 alice 2 bob 3 charlie

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testing


Node.js

const test = require('tape') test(t => { const tt = [ {a:1, b:1, ret:2}, {a:2, b:3, ret:5}, {a:5, b:5, ret:10} ] t.plan(tt.length) tt.forEach(tt => { t.equal(sum(tt.a, tt.b), tt.ret) }) }) function sum(a, b) { return a + b }

Output

$ node examples/example_test.js TAP version 13 # (anonymous) ok 1 should be equal ok 2 should be equal ok 3 should be equal 1..3 # tests 3 # pass 3 # ok

Go

package example import ( "fmt" "testing" ) func TestSum(t *testing.T) { for _, tt := range []struct { a int b int ret int	}{	{1, 1, 2},	{2, 3, 5},	{5, 5, 10},	} { t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("(%v + %v)", tt.a, tt.b), func(t *testing.T) { ret := sum(tt.a, tt.b) if ret != tt.ret { t.Errorf("want %v, got %v", tt.ret, ret)	}	})	} } func sum(a, b int) int { return a + b }

Output

$ go test -v examples/example_test.go === RUN TestSum === RUN TestSum/(1_+_1) === RUN TestSum/(2_+_3) === RUN TestSum/(5_+_5) --- PASS: TestSum (0.00s) --- PASS: TestSum/(1_+_1) (0.00s) --- PASS: TestSum/(2_+_3) (0.00s) --- PASS: TestSum/(5_+_5) (0.00s) PASS ok command-line-arguments 0.008s

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benchmarking


Node.js

const Benchmark = require('benchmark') const suite = new Benchmark.Suite suite.add('fib#recursion', () => { fibRec(10) }) .add('fib#loop', () => { fibLoop(10) }) .on('complete', () => { console.log(suite[0].toString()) console.log(suite[1].toString()) }) .run({ async: true }) function fibRec(n) { if (n <= 1) { return n } return fibRec(n-1) + fibRec(n-2) } function fibLoop(n) { let f = [0, 1] for (let i = 2; i <= n; i++) { f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2] } return f[n] }

Output

$ node examples/benchmark_test.js fib#recursion x 1,343,074 ops/sec ±1.26% (84 runs sampled) fib#loop x 20,104,517 ops/sec ±3.78% (78 runs sampled)

Go

package example import ( "testing" ) func BenchmarkFibRec(b *testing.B) { for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ { fibRec(10)	} } func BenchmarkFibLoop(b *testing.B) { for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ { fibLoop(10)	} } func fibRec(n int) int { if n <= 1 { return n	} return fibRec(n-1) + fibRec(n-2) } func fibLoop(n int) int { f := make([]int, n+1, n+2) if n < 2 { f = f[0:2]	} f[0] = 0 f[1] = 1 for i := 2; i <= n; i++ { f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2]	} return f[n] }

Output

$ go test -v -bench=. -benchmem examples/benchmark_test.go goos: darwin goarch: amd64 BenchmarkFibRec-8 5000000 340 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op BenchmarkFibLoop-8 30000000 46.5 ns/op 96 B/op 1 allocs/op PASS ok command-line-arguments 3.502s

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documentation


Node.js

jsdoc

/**  * Creates a new Person.  * @class  * @example  * const person = new Person('bob')  */ class Person { /**  * Create a person.  * @param {string} [name] - The person's name.  */ constructor(name) { this.name = name } /**  * Get the person's name.  * @return {string} The person's name  * @example  * person.getName()  */ getName() { return this.name } /**  * Set the person's name.  * @param {string} name - The person's name.  * @example  * person.setName('bob')  */ setName(name) { this.name = name } }

Go

godoc

person.go

package person import "fmt" // Person is the structure of a person type Person struct { name string } // NewPerson creates a new person. Takes in a name argument. func NewPerson(name string) *Person { return &Person{ name: name,	} } // GetName returns the person's name func (p *Person) GetName() string { return p.name } // SetName sets the person's name func (p *Person) SetName(name string) string { return p.name }

person_test.go

// Example of creating a new Person. func ExampleNewPerson() { person := NewPerson("bob") _ = person } // Example of getting person's name. func ExamplePerson_GetName() { person := NewPerson("bob") fmt.Println(person.GetName()) // Output: bob } // Example of setting person's name. func ExamplePerson_SetName() { person := NewPerson("alice") person.SetName("bob") }

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome!

Please submit a pull request for new interesting additions or for general content fixes.

If updating code, update both the README and the code in the examples folder.

License

Released under the MIT license.

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