--- title: "Go Newsletter Issue #95" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 95 published_at: "2016-02-04" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/95" --- Go Newsletter 95 . [Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/95) [Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 95 — February 4, 2016 Featured [Writ: A Flexible Command and Option Parser](https://github.com/bobziuchkovski/writ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Implements GNU getopt_long conventions, has thorough test coverage, and handles all of the the tricky corner cases, such as bare “-“ and “–” arguments. A good README too. Bob Ziuchkovski [Writing Assembly in Go](https://goroutines.com/asm?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) Fancy writing some code in x86 assembly and calling it from Go? This is a gentle introduction, concluding in a useful, practical example using SIMD optimizations. GoRoutines [Free eBook: Orchestrate Containers with Docker Compose](http://resources.codeship.com/ebooks/orchestrate-containers-with-docker-compose?utm_source=goweeklyprimary) In this free Codeship eBook you will learn what Docker Compose is, how it works, and how to easily recreate a microservice architecture on your development machine with Docker Compose. Codeshipsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/6e748e82.png)](http://resources.codeship.com/ebooks/orchestrate-containers-with-docker-compose?utm_source=goweeklyprimary) [Go 1.7 Planning Discussion](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/TerfinvPffw/8G0PaCRHBwAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) Now is “a good time to talk about what we want to do in Go 1.7 as far as technical work.” More cleanup and polish appears to be the order of the day. (My question is.. _what is google3?_) Russ Cox [The State of Go [slidedeck\]](https://talks.golang.org/2016/state-of-go.slide?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email#1) An update of ‘where we are in February 2016’ from a core team member, mostly focusing on standard library and runtime changes between 1.5 and 1.6. Francesc Campoy [gotests: A Tool to Generate Go Test Functions From Code](https://github.com/tcnksm/gotests?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Given a .go file, it analyzes test functions in its associated test file and adds test functions which are not yet defined. It can also integrate with your editor. Taichi Nakashima [ln: A 3D Line Art Engine](https://github.com/fogleman/ln?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code A vector-based 3D renderer written in Go used to produce 2D vector graphics depicting 3D scenes. 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