Generating Code in Go - Best Practices and Tools

Explore code generation techniques in Go to enhance developer productivity and improve software quality in this conference talk from GoLab. Learn how to leverage code generation for implementing telemetry, decorators, ORMs, and schema-first approaches. Discover how these automated techniques can reduce complexity, eliminate runtime errors, and free developers from repetitive tasks. Gain insights into using tools like gowrap for generating decorators, gqlgen for GraphQL schema-first development, and sqlboiler for database ORM generation. Understand the benefits of generated code in terms of improved observability, better collaboration between frontend and backend teams, and easier detection of breaking changes. See how code generation can lead to more maintainable and efficient Go applications while allowing developers to focus on creating business value.