April 2023 meetup

Hi Belfast Gophers! 👋
This event will also be available via zoom, link will be included for attendees.

🗣 Casting Ent by Simon Hewitt
Ent (https://entgo.io) is an entity framework for Go that can be used to simplify working with databases. This talk will explain what Ent is, and demonstrate how to use it via the domain of Dungeons and Dragons and compare it to other tools and frameworks. We will also take a brief detour via Atlas (https://atlasgo.io) to demonstrate managing our schemas.

🗣 Power of Functional Programming in Go by Chinmay Naik
In this beginner friendly talk, I'll live code a solution to a simple problem statement (https://playbook.one2n.in/go-bootcamp/go-projects/basic-number-filtering-exercise) using Test Driven Development. As we progress through stories, I'll introduce concept of higher order functions - functions that either return functions or accept functions as params.

🗣 Practicing Unsafe Stacks by Tighearnán Carroll
A quick dive into the unsafe package, how it can help keep your data on stack, and how it can cause your applications to error is magical ways. Don't try this in production!

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