If you don't know how to debug program, you are not a real programmer.gdb can be used to debug go program, but according to golang website, delve is a better option. Note that Delve is a better alternative to GDB when debugging Go programs built with the standard toolchain. It understands the Go runtime, data structures, and expressions better than GDB.Below is a simple go program.package maintype Person struct { Name string Age int}func main() { var me Person me.Name = "Melvin" me.Age = 41 var wife Person wife.Name = "Raye" wife.Age = 36 var daughter Person daughter.Name = "Kat...

Normally when trying to print a struct , we would use %v to show all data of the struct. It will print the default format for each field in the struct.%v the value in a default format when printing structs, the plus flag (%+v) adds field namesBut recently we observed a strange behavior when printing a struct with nested struct which has a String() string implemented, the %v format prints an 'unexpected' output per our understanding.  Let's see the example snippet first.package mainimport ( "fmt")type Inner struct {}type A struct { Inner FieldA string}func (i Inner) String...

In Go, there is a type called slice which is built on top of array. It's a very convenient type when we want to handle a group of data. This post will explain a subtle but tricky difference between empty slice and nil slice.A nil slice is a slice has a length and capacity of zero and has no underlying array. The zero value of slice is nil. If a slice is declared like below, it is a nil slice.package mainimport "fmt"func main() { var a []string fmt.Println(a == nil)}The output will be true for above code snippet. An empty slice is a slice also has a length and capacity of zero but has unde...

Python is one of the top programming languages of the present time. A variety of companies with different backgrounds and offerings have embraced the capabilities of Python to make wonderful tech products. As, Java is also known to be one of the most recognized languages, therefore, there is a constant battle that takes place between the two languages. Python wants to dethrone Java as the number one, whenever it is and vice versa. It is like the tussle between Android and iOS which is never ending. Both of the languages were introduced to the world in the 90’s.Shortly after the emergence...

Technology:  Spring Profiles provides a way to isolates the parts of application configuration, it will make available only in certain environments. It is mainly useful it wants to load spring beans based on environment configuration, for example if the operating system is windows we can load some specific spring beans, if it is other than load different spring beans. One more scenario where spring profiles widely used, like for QA environment we will use some database which is hosted locally, for UAT we will use some different host database, for production it will vary, in this scenario`...

Programming software takes a tremendous amount of focus and effort. Working hard to transform code into software is an exciting feeling. It’s easy to get lost in your work as the hours fly by. I’ve done this many times. However, writing code can also be frustrating in many cases. I’ve been a programmer for many years, and I still spend hours debugging. Most of the time this level of debugging requires sitting down and focusing. After many years of this, you will be a prime candidate for back pain and repetitive stress injuries. I’ve found a way to prevent this from happ...

MySQL 8 has changed its default authentication plugin from mysql_native_password to caching_sha2_password to improve its security. However many third party libraries seem act slowly to catch up with this change. This causes some compatible issues with their connection to MySQL. One of the issues is seen in Go libraries while it's trying to connect to MySQL 8.The specific error has been observed is "this authentication plugin is not supported". The root cause of this issue is that the go-sql-driver didn't support the new default authentication plugin. This bug has been reported a coup...

 Java was developed by Sun Micro-systems back in 1995 to function as high level programming language and serve as a computing platform. This gets regularly updated with new features and better compatibility. The latest version is Java SE 8.0 which released in 2014, March. Java has gained immense popularity while there have been various platforms to match up with the Java configurations like Java SE for Macintosh, Windows and UNIX, Java ME for Mobile Applications and Java EE for Enterprise Applications. Java is nowadays used in most of the enterprises and business units in networked a...