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Prerequisites and CRUD examples for building applications in Golang.

The following projects can be used to implement Golang applications using the YugabyteDB YSQL API.

Project (* Recommended) Type Support Examples
PGX Driver* Driver Full Hello World
CRUD
PQ Driver Go Driver Full Hello World
CRUD
GORM* ORM Full Hello World
CRUD
GO-PG ORM Full Hello World
CRUD

Learn how to establish a connection to a YugabyteDB database and begin basic CRUD operations using the Hello World examples.

For fully-runnable code snippets and explanations of common operations, see the project page CRUD example. Before running CRUD examples, make sure you have installed the prerequisites.

For reference documentation, including using projects with SSL, refer to the drivers and ORMs reference pages.

Prerequisites

To develop Golang applications for YugabyteDB, you need the following:

  • Go
    Install the latest Go (1.16 or later) on your system.
    Run go --version in a terminal to check your version of Go. To install Go, visit Go Downloads.

  • Create a Go project
    For ease-of-use, use an integrated development environment (IDE), such as IntelliJ IDEA or Visual Studio Code, to develop your Go project.

  • YugabyteDB cluster