Random Integers and Strings
The package mrand is a wrapper for Go’s math/rand package. It provides three functions: Int, Int64, and String. Both Int and Int64 are variadic functions so they may be passed …
Simplified Encryption and Decryption for Golang
The aes256 package provides simplified encryption and decryption functions using the standard crypto/aes package. It implements a 256 bit key length and the GCM cipher. The key may be a …
Command Line Option Parser
When I first began learning Go, I needed a better way to parse the command line options. The Go package flag contains a comprehensive package for parsing command line options …
Magic Bytes
Magic Bytes, also known as Magic Numbers, are the first few bytes of a binary file that indicate what type it is. I wrote a simple Magic Bytes Go package …
Passing a map to a function
In Golang, when a map is passed to a function, only the wrapper (i.e. header) is passed while the underlying data is not. This is a very efficient method which …
A drop-in replacement for Go’s log package with a few enhancements
The golog package is a fork of Go’s log package. It is functionally identical to Go’s log package which makes it a drop-in replacement with a few added features. The …
Hello Go
Every programmer remembers their first “Hello World” experience. My first was on Atari Basic where I entered the following two lines: 10 print “Hello World” 20 goto 10 Watching the …