Bits from the IO package 🔗
The IO package is a central package in the standard library, as it provides (among other things) two main interfaces:
In a lightning talk we dug a bit into the package:
The IO model is simple and powerful (and reminds one of UNIX pipes).
Automate the Web with chromedp 🔗
In a code walkthrough we explored chromedp, a pure Go library talking the Chrome devtools protocol. It allows to run a headless browser. We looked at three examples:
- Generate good looking full page screenshots
- Generate PDF invoices from HTML
- Rendering SVG
The whole setup can be made robust by isolating Chrome in a container. The invoice example was a nice one, as working with HTML allows anyone with HTML/CSS skills to adjust the PDF output (which is usually harder to generate programmatically). Running many (even headless) Chrome instances will eat your RAM.
How do developers discover Go? 🔗
Have you ever wondered about how programmers move from language to language? The author of this entertaining and enlightning blog post (and other things) did as well:
More Linux and Cloud 🔗
We have a presentation about libpod (a tool to work with OCI images) in the pipeline. Meanwhile, do not miss the next Linux Meetup on Tue, 2019-06-18 about runc and CRI-O.
