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Best practices for writing Go code

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go vet

golint

gofmt

goimports

Analyzes code for possible issues not caught by the compiler, such as Printf formatting, unused assignments, and possible mistakes in boolean operations.

Provides style checking for your Go code according to conventions mentioned in Effective Go. It is one of the many style checkers available for Go developers.

Formats Go code, removes unreferenced imports, adds the missing ones for us, and sorts packages by grouping them into third-party and standard library packages.

Formats Go code for readability without affecting executability; it comes with the standard Go installation.

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