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Asynchronous approach Another big word, another definition asynchronous /eɪˈsɪŋkrənəs/ adjective not existing or occurring at the same time. COMPUTING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS controlling the timing of operations by the use of pulses sent when the previous operation is completed rather than at regular intervals. -- by …

Synchronous approach (ctd) Ticker Ticker is a very convenient tool used to schedule tasks to happen at regular interval. It is created with an invocation of time.NewTicker and needs a time.Duration parameter. It will create a channel, which will be receiving time.Time messages at intervals equal this duration. Ticker …

Synchronous approach Before we move on I will try to explain what the big word is synchronous /ˈsɪŋkrənəs/ adjective existing or occurring at the same time. "glaciations were approximately synchronous in both hemispheres" -- by Google Did it help? Did it resonate with you? Well, for me it felt like the …

Ginkgo and Gomega libraries offer enough support to feel mature and help form readable, nicely flowing BDD style, executable requirements. Ginkgo does not strictly follow Gherkin notation but, since the narrative for tests is a free form text nothing stops you from typing what you want there. You could also create your …

Sorting can be easily implemented by using Go's interface sort.Interface declared as 1type Interface interface { 2 Len() int 3 Less(i, j int) bool 4 Swap(i, j int) 5} Here's an example: 1type timedBoundary struct { 2 time time.Time 3 //other fields 4} 5 6type timedBoundaries []timedBoundary 7 8func (a timedBoundaries) …