Go Concurrency Patterns
Production patterns for Go concurrency including goroutines, channels, synchronization primitives, and context management.
When to Use This Skill
- Building concurrent Go applications
- Implementing worker pools and pipelines
- Managing goroutine lifecycles
- Using channels for communication
- Debugging race conditions
- Implementing graceful shutdown
Core Concepts
1. Go Concurrency Primitives
| Primitive | Purpose |
|---|---|
goroutine | Lightweight concurrent execution |
channel | Communication between goroutines |
select | Multiplex channel operations |
sync.Mutex | Mutual exclusion |
sync.WaitGroup | Wait for goroutines to complete |
context.Context | Cancellation and deadlines |
2. Go Concurrency Mantra
Don't communicate by sharing memory;
share memory by communicating.
Quick Start
main
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)
{
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), *time.Second)
cancel()
results := ( , )
wg sync.WaitGroup
i := ; i < ; i++ {
wg.Add()
worker(ctx, i, results, &wg)
}
{
wg.Wait()
(results)
}()
result := results {
fmt.Println(result)
}
}
{
wg.Done()
{
<-ctx.Done():
results <- fmt.Sprintf(, id):
}
}