Does this skill support older versions of Go?

While it covers fundamental Go patterns, it specifically excels at modern features introduced in Go 1.18 and later, such as generics and workspaces.

How does this skill help with Go concurrency?

It provides idiomatic patterns for context management, including proper usage of context values, timeouts, and cancellation to ensure goroutine safety.

Does it provide guidance on Go workspaces?

Yes, it includes documentation and examples for go.work files to help manage multi-module development and local dependency overrides.

Can it help me with error wrapping?

Yes, it provides implementation patterns for sentinel errors, custom error types using errors.As/Is, and idiomatic error wrapping using fmt.Errorf.

What design patterns are included?

The skill covers essential patterns including Functional Options, Builder, Strategy, and Observer, all tailored to Go's unique structural typing system.

Modern Go Patterns & Idioms

Name: Modern Go Patterns & Idioms
Author: geoffjay

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API Development

Provides idiomatic guidance and implementation patterns for Go 1.18+ featuring generics, workspaces, and robust design patterns.

This skill equips Claude with specialized knowledge of modern Golang development, focusing on features introduced in Go 1.18 and later. It offers deep expertise in implementing core design patterns like Functional Options and Builder, managing complex error handling scenarios, and utilizing advanced features such as generics and workspaces. Whether you are refactoring legacy code to be more idiomatic or starting a new project from scratch, this skill ensures your Go code adheres to industry-standard best practices, interface segregation principles, and community-driven patterns for cleaner, more maintainable software.

Key Features

01Interface Segregation and Composition patterns

02Functional Options and Builder pattern generation

03Implementation of Go Generics and Type Constraints

04Context management for timeouts and cancellation

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06Advanced Error Handling and Wrapping techniques

Use Cases

01Refactoring legacy Go code to utilize modern generics and workspaces

02Standardizing error handling across microservices with custom error types

03Implementing complex service configurations using the Functional Options pattern

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