~golangweekly | Issue 543 - gopls can now suggest ways to modernize your Go code (9)

Testing Concurrent Code with testing/synctest — Concurrency is one of Go’s natural strengths, but testing heavily concurrent programs can be tricky. Go 1.24 introduces a new (though experimental and hidden behind an environment variable) package for testing code involving time or concurrency. The Go team wants you to have a play and send in your feedback.

Extensible Wasm Applications with Go — “… the ability to build a WASI reactor and export Go functions to Wasm in Go 1.24 represent a significant step forward for Go’s WebAssembly capabilities. These features empower developers to create more versatile and powerful Go-based Wasm applications …”

How to Manage Tool Dependencies in Go 1.24+ — We’ve touched on the new go tool subcommand a few times before, but this is a bit more usage-focused and includes a nice tip about separating your tools into their own module file.

gno.land Offers Grants & Bounties for Building Go-Powered Decentralized Apps — App builders, Go enthusiasts, tinkerers: come and build on gno.land, a smart contract platform for a freer, fairer world.

Minecraft From Scratch: A Simple Go Minecraft Clone — A fun project to replicate Minecraft’s infinite, procedurally-generated navigable landscapes using Go and OpenGL 4.1 (as provided via the go-gl/gl bindings – yes, cgo is required here).

nativewebp: Native WebP Image Support for Go — WebP is a modern raster graphics format commonly used on the Web and this library lets you work with it (though only its VP8L lossless form, for now) from Go without dependencies.

godoc.nvim: Fuzzy Search Go's Docs from Neovim — Adds a quick way to search and browse Go documentation from within the Neovim editor.

GoChromecast: Discover Devices and Stream Media to Chromecast Devices — A Go-powered tool that implements the protocol used by Chromecast devices.