Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

When Go programs end

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Michael Knyszek from the Go team joins us to talk about what happens when a program ends. How are file handles cleaned up? When are deferred functions run, and when are they skipped entirely? Is there a way to terminate all running goroutines? Tune in to learn the answers to these questions and more!

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    • Featuring:

    • Michael Knyszek – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
    • Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

    Show Notes:

    • Make Ctrl+C Cancel the context.Context - An article by Mat Ryer discussing how to capture ctrl+c and cancel a context.
    • NotifyContext proposal - Our very own Mark Bates made the proposal for NotifyContext!
    • NotifyContext - docs for the NotifyContext functionality added in Go
    • 12 Factor
    • Graceful shutdown in Go http server - an article discussing grateful shutdowns with Go HTTP servers.
    • kill linux man page - kill is a linux command mentioned on the show
    • os/signal - docs for the os/signal package in Go.

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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