Building Microservices API in Go

About this course

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. If you're eager to advance your programming skills, mastering Go is essential in today's tech environment. This course offers a deep dive into Go programming, focusing on building efficient and scalable microservices using REST-based APIs. - You'll explore security best practices, including authentication, authorization, role-based access control, and JWT token generation. - You'll covers unit testing techniques, such as state-based testing, testing routes and services, and using mocks and stubs. - Additionally, you'll learn about logging and error handling, creating Go modules for better code organization. - You'll modularize your code with the banking-lib module, integrate it into your APIs, and understand Claims domain objects and refresh tokens for secure access. By the end, you'll be proficient in building secure, reliable Go applications and optimizing code organization. Ideal for developers, college students, and IT professionals, this course elevates your Go programming and microservices skills.