Go Patterns Quick Reference

A community-curated directory of idiomatic Go patterns. Find the pattern you need, see when to use it, and get back to coding.

12 Patterns

3 Contributors

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Battle-tested patterns used in production by top Go developers worldwide.

Contributed and maintained by the Go community for the Go community.

Each pattern includes code examples, when to use, and when to avoid.

Latest Patterns

Recently submitted patterns from the community

Cleanly shut down servers and background workers by listening for signals and using context cancellation.

Watch configuration files for changes and reload application settings without restarting.

A pattern that allows incompatible interfaces to work together by wrapping one interface to match another.

A pattern where an object's dependencies are provided by an external entity rather than created by the object itself.

A pattern for controlling the rate at which operations are performed to prevent resource exhaustion.

Ensure a single instance of a type exists using sync.Once for thread-safe lazy initialization.

Patterns with recent improvements and refinements

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