Ed Zynda

Create Your First Ethereum Smart Contract In Solidity

I recently started a YouTube channel for posting some tutorials. Check out my latest video on creating Ethereum smart contracts.…

Single Executable Web Apps With Go Binary Assets

Go is becoming increasingly popular with building web applications. It’s fast, lightweight and easy to learn. Another great feature is to compile your applications into a single redistributable binary. A lot of web applications depend on external assets, however. For the application to work you still need to package your css, JavaScript and image files along with the executable. Let’s see if we can fix this.

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How Easy Is It To Containerize A Go App?

Recently, I wrote an article on how to create a simple chat server using WebSockets and Go. I made the source code available and it’s pretty simple to get the example up and running if you have a basic familiarization with Go. I wanted to see if I could make it easier for people to try out though. For this, I looked to the very popular Docker project. Docker has been around for quite some time but, I only recently began toying around with it more seriously.…

Single Page Web App With Go And Vue

I wrote a nice little tutorial on creating a single page web application using Go and VueJS. Check it out over at Scotch.io.…

Test The Untestable With AspectMock

Some of us have had the pleasure of working with someone else’s ancient codebase to either add new features or fix bugs. It’s never fun and usually a pain. Because of the design (or lack thereof) of the application, it doesn’t lend itself to unit testing. The code is littered with static method calls, objects instantiated inside methods rather than being injected through a constructor, and other elements of poor design.…