Netic go standard library

The Netic go standard library is an extension to the go standard library. It comes in the form of a collection of packages.

Dependencies

The packages are dependency free, meaning they must not use any external dependencies unless explicitly listed. Exceptions:

• golang.org/x/* - maintained by go and dependency free

CI checks the imports against regular expressions found in the .allowed-imports file. To allow new imports, add them to the .allowed-imports file in a separate PR.

Do NOT add exceptions to this list without peer review.

Package names

• Prefix names for packages that mirror a go standard library package with x.
• Prefix names for packages that are likely to mirror future go standard library packages with x.
• Use singular names for package (except in the mentioned cases).

Testing

• Unit testing is mandatory.
• Go for > 90% coverage, preferably 100%.

Documentation

• Document all exported (public) identifiers
• Maintain a doc.go in each package with introduction, installation instructions and usage examples.

doc.go minimal content

// Package mypkg does ...
package mypkg

Packages

• assert / require - test helpers for assertion
• cache / cache/inmem - caching
• diff / diff/myers / diff/simple - generate diffs
• file - file operations
• set - set data structure
• unit - unit formatting and conversion package
• xjson - JSON functions
• xslices - slice data type functions
• xstrings - string data type functions
• xstructs - struct data type functions
• xtime - time functions

Installation

Install using go get:

go get github.com/neticdk/go-stdlib

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

Link to license or copyright notice

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