The Memoization Technique

Memoization is a technique that is used to speed up the execution of a function by storing the results of expensive function calls and returning the cached result when the same input occurs again. This can be particularly useful for algorithms that have a large number of recursive calls or for functions that are called multiple times with the same input. In Go, it is easy to implement memoization using a simple map. For example, consider the following function that calculates the nth number in the Fibonacci sequence: ...

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 298 words

Trading With Alpaca and Golang

Alpaca is a popular platform for automated trading, offering APIs for accessing real-time market data and placing trades. In this article, we will discuss how to use Alpaca’s APIs with Golang, a popular programming language known for its simplicity, performance, and concurrency support. Before we dive into the details of using Alpaca’s APIs with Golang, let’s first understand the requirements of the application. Requirements The application should be able to connect to the Alpaca API and authenticate the user. The application should be able to retrieve real-time market data and place trades. The application should be able to retrieve the user’s account information and trade history. ...

January 15, 2023 · 3 min · 595 words

A Quick Overview of Elasticsearch

Introduction Elastic, also known as Elasticsearch, is a powerful search and analytics engine that can be used to index, search, and analyze large volumes of data quickly and in near real-time. It is open-source and built on top of the Lucene library. In this blog post, we will go over the basics of Elastic and how to get started using it. Installation The first step to using Elastic is to install it on your system. You can download the latest version of Elastic from the official website (https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch) and install it according to the instructions provided. Once installed, you can start the Elastic service on your machine and access it through a web interface at http://localhost:9200. ...

January 13, 2023 · 7 min · 1414 words

Unit Testing in Golang

Unit testing is a software testing technique in which individual units (smallest testable parts) of a software application are tested in isolation from the rest of the application. The goal of unit testing is to validate that each unit of the application is working as intended and meets the specified requirements. In Go, the testing package provides support for writing unit tests. To write unit tests, you need to create a file with a name that ends in _test.go and place it in the same package as the code you want to test. The testing package also provides a testing.T type that represents a testing context and has methods for reporting test failures and logging messages. ...

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 634 words

What Is the Difference Between Git Pull and Git Fetch

Git is a version control system that is widely used in software development to track and manage changes to source code. Two of the most common Git commands that developers use to retrieve updates from a remote repository are git pull and git fetch. While these two commands may seem similar at first glance, they have some important differences that are worth understanding. The git pull command is a combination of git fetch and git merge. When you run git pull, Git first retrieves the latest version of the repository from the remote server. It then merges the changes into your local copy of the repository. This means that git pull not only downloads the changes from the remote repository, but it also integrates them into your local copy. ...

January 8, 2023 · 2 min · 412 words