Go 1.24 is finally here, bringing some exciting new features and optimizations!
🚀 In this video, we break down the key changes, including:
✅ Generic Type Aliases – More flexible type definitions
✅ Weak Pointers – Efficient memory management for caching
✅ AddCleanup – A cleaner alternative to SetFinalizer
✅ Swiss Tables – 30% faster map lookups
✅ Improved Testing – New context support and directory changes
✅ Better JSON Handling – Introducing the omitzero tag
✅ Enhanced Security – OS route type to prevent path traversal attacks
✅ Synthetic Time for Testing – Instant execution of time-sensitive functions
If you’re a Go developer, this update is packed with improvements that streamline coding and boost performance. Check out the full breakdown and let us know which feature excites you the most! 🎉
🔗 Relevant Links
Release Notes: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.24
Code Samples / Blog Source: https://antonz.org/go-1-24
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📌 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:07 Generic Type Aliases
0:23 Weak Pointers
0:57 Finalizers (AddCleanup)
1:21 Tool directive for go.mod
1:34 Swiss Tables (Map implementation)
2:01 os.Root
2:17 omitzero JSON
2:29 Testing & Benchmarking improvements
3:00 Synthetic Time
3:17 Iterators (Strings & Bytes)
3:48 crypto packages
4:12 HTTP Protocols
4:35 Go command JSON flag
