---
title: "Go Newsletter Issue #55"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 55
published_at: "2015-04-23"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/55"
---

Go Newsletter 55   . 

[Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/55) 

[Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 55 — April 23, 2015     

Featured [Introducing A Cross-Platform Debugger for Go](http://blog.mailgun.com/introducing-a-new-cross-platform-debugger-for-go/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) Not just a debugger, but also a very clever browser-based example and demo via the power of GopherJS. Mailgun [Go for C++ Developers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2bLGIw4o7k&utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) video A member of the Go core team looks at the basics of Go, specifically from the perspective of a C++ developer, and how C++ concepts map (or don’t map) to Go. Francesc Campoy Flores [Building Minimal Docker Containers for Go Applications](http://blog.codeship.com/building-minimal-docker-containers-for-go-applications/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A look at a way to create ‘extremely small’ containers by statically building your Go apps. Nick Gauthier [Codeship - The fastest Continuous Delivery Platform](https://codeship.com/?utm_campaign=customers&utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) Codeship is a fast and secure hosted Continuous Integration and Delivery platform. Give it a try and join customers like Product Hunt and Treehouse. Sign up today. Codeshipsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/89eabf65.png)](https://codeship.com/?utm_campaign=customers&utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) [Dependency Injection, Duck Typing, and Clean Code in Go](http://txt.fliglio.com/2015/04/di-duck-typing-and-clean-code-in-go/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A walk through refactoring a simple CLI application by using dependency injection and duck typing. Ben Schwartz [Hacking on Heka](http://words.volant.is/articles/hacking-heka-part-i/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Investigating and fixing a bug in Mozilla’s data collection and processing tool, Heka, which is written primarily in Go. volant.​is [Go Developer Community Survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y-hzAmurNemB1mYVZ2MbANuHZWdliDWQW0bjNkcxqZ8/viewform?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) The Go team would like to know more about your development environment and tooling. This information will be used help the team determine priorities for future projects. Google [Four Days of Go](http://www.evanmiller.org/four-days-of-go.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion In-depth thoughts from an experienced developer new to Go. “If I had to guess, I’d say the Go gopher suffers from a mild form of autism. I get the same feeling about the Go language [.. but] despite my misgivings [,] I’ve been enjoying my initial experiences.” Evan Miller Jobs [Freelance with Companies like Airbnb, IDEO JPMorgan](http://www.toptal.com/developers?utm_source=ruby_weekly&utm_medium=cpm-newsletter&utm_campaign=go_weekly_job) Work on special projects with great companies through Toptal. Set your weekly/hourly rate, and work from anywhere in the world as a Go developer. See if you have what it takes. TopTalsponsored In Brief [GopherCon 2015 Final Speakers Announced](http://blog.gopheracademy.com/gophercon2015-speakers-round-3/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Gopher Academy [Replacing Rails with Go](http://madebymany.com/blog/replacing-rails-part-1-lets-go?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Alex Barlow [Using Go's Interfaces At Clever - More Than Just Easy Collaboration](http://engineering.clever.com/2015/04/17/using-gos-interfaces-at-clever---more-than-just-easy-collaboration/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) Clever [Go's Error Handling: Good and Bad](http://openmymind.net/Golangs-Error-Handling-Good-And-Bad/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Karl Seguin [go-getter: Like 'go get' But with Pinned Package Versions](https://github.com/joewalnes/go-getter?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Joe Walnes [Delve: A Debugger for Go](https://github.com/derekparker/delve?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools code Derek Parker [envconfig: Small Library to Read Configuration From Environment Variables](https://github.com/vrischmann/envconfig?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Vincent Rischmann [Jobs: A Persistent and Flexible Background Jobs Library](https://github.com/albrow/jobs?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Alex Browne    

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