Database migrations are essential for managing schema changes in production applications. As your application evolves, your database schema must evolve with it - adding tables, modifying columns, creating indexes. This post covers migration strategies and tools for Go applications, with a focus on safe, reversible changes.
Mastering GORM: Go's Powerful ORM
GORM is Go’s most popular Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) library, providing an elegant way to work with databases using Go structs. Instead of writing raw SQL, GORM lets you interact with database records as Go objects, handling the translation between your code and the database automatically.
PostgreSQL Fundamentals for Go Developers
PostgreSQL is one of the most powerful open-source relational databases, and it pairs exceptionally well with Go for backend development. This post covers PostgreSQL fundamentals and demonstrates how to connect and interact with Postgres from Go using the pgx driver - the most performant PostgreSQL driver for Go.