Error Handling in Go — Idiomatic Patterns for Clean Code

Go’s approach to error handling is simple but powerful—when used correctly.
In this in-depth tutorial, I cover:

Returning errors explicitly
Sentinel errors & errors.Is
Wrapping with %w
Custom error types
Logging best practices
Panic & recover…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Djamware Tutorial

Go’s approach to error handling is simple but powerful—when used correctly.
In this in-depth tutorial, I cover:

  • Returning errors explicitly
  • Sentinel errors & errors.Is
  • Wrapping with %w
  • Custom error types
  • Logging best practices
  • Panic & recover safely
  • Error handling in goroutines
  • Mapping errors in APIs
  • Real-world patterns and examples

If you want to level up your Go error-handling skills, this one’s for you.

🔗 Read the full tutorial:
https://www.djamware.com/post/6926eda9eca0e67f5e7d5d34/error-handling-in-go-idiomatic-patterns-for-clean-code


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Djamware Tutorial


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