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Effective Go

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Apply Go best practices, idioms, and conventions from golang.org/doc/effective_go. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring Go code to ensure idiomatic, clean, and efficient implementations.

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Effective Go

Apply best practices and conventions from the official Effective Go guide to write clean, idiomatic Go code.

When to Apply

Use this skill automatically when:

  • Writing new Go code
  • Reviewing Go code
  • Refactoring existing Go implementations

Key Reminders

Follow the conventions and patterns documented at https://go.dev/doc/effective_go, with particular attention to:

  • Formatting: Always use gofmt - this is non-negotiable
  • Naming: No underscores, use MixedCaps for exported names, mixedCaps for unexported
  • Error handling: Always check errors; return them, don't panic
  • Concurrency: Share memory by communicating (use channels)
  • Interfaces: Keep small (1-3 methods ideal); accept interfaces, return concrete types
  • Documentation: Document all exported symbols, starting with the symbol name

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