Using the Golang Context Package: Why It's Everywhere

In this video, I build an example concurrent application in Go and illustrate a practical use of the standard context package. I show how the context.Context object facilitates cancellation and timeouts, and thus demonstrate why it appears in so many function signatures. Check out Concurrency in Go: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/concurrency-in-go/9781491941294/ Understanding context.Context in Go (Cancellation, Timeouts, and Concurrency) Why every function takes context.Context in Golang How to Use the Go Context Package in Concurrent Applications Go Context Explained with a Practical Use Case The Golang Context Package and Concurrency Best Practices