
Overview of the course structure and what we will build throughout this backend journey.
Quick recap of the key concepts covered in this section before moving forward.
Setting up the essential tools required for backend and frontend development.
Installing Go and preparing the backend development environment.
Exploring project resources and understanding the repository structure.
Creating the backend application and organizing a clean project structure.
Adding required dependencies to power the backend services.
Configuring and testing the database connection layer.
Integrating API documentation for better development and testing workflow.
Building the user registration endpoint with proper validation.
Generating JWT tokens for secure authentication.
Implementing login logic and returning authentication tokens.
Protecting routes using middleware-based authentication.
Fetching user details securely from the database.
Allowing users to update profile data safely.
Implementing follow/unfollow user relationships.
Building user suggestion logic based on system rules.
Handling secure account deletion operations.
Validating post data before saving to the database.
Retrieving a specific post with structured response handling.
Allowing post modifications with proper validation.
Implementing pagination for scalable post retrieval.
Adding search functionality for user posts.
Enabling users to comment on posts.
Handling secure post deletion operations.
Designing message models including unread tracking.
Creating the messaging endpoint between users.
Retrieving conversation messages efficiently.
Fetching unread messages for notification purposes.
Updating message status after reading.
Designing the notification data structure.
Implementing logic to generate notifications.
Resolving logic issues in retrieving user posts.
Creating endpoints to manage user notifications.
Adopt a proper git workflow by using a main or master branch, create a rest api feature branch, open pull requests, and merge after conflict checks.
Introduction to the realtime architecture phase.
Designing the structure for realtime gRPC services.
Building the realtime chat server using WebSockets.
Creating mock logic for testing friend retrieval.
Implementing connection and session management logic.
Testing WebSocket communication in the backend.
Defining gRPC proto contracts for chat services.
Implementing friend retrieval via gRPC server.
Saving chat messages using gRPC communication.
Connecting realtime services with gRPC clients.
Designing realtime notification architecture.
Defining proto contracts for notification services.
Implementing the gRPC notification server.
Sending notifications through WebSocket channels.
Connecting API server to gRPC notification client.
Integrating notification gRPC client into backend logic.
Handling realtime notifications in frontend state.
Displaying realtime alerts in navigation bar.
Rendering live notifications inside UI component.
Committing realtime integration updates.
Managing realtime chat state in frontend.
Displaying online/offline users dynamically.
Handling bidirectional realtime messaging.
Displaying live message counters in navigation.
Extending pipeline to support realtime containers.
Extending backend model to support improved comment structure.
Enhancing backend logic for creating posts.
Improving comment insertion and validation logic.
Optimizing post retrieval endpoint for performance and scalability.
Implementing secure comment deletion functionality.
Improving profile data retrieval logic.
Synchronizing notification data with updated user information.
Refactoring backend structure for better maintainability.
Merging realtime notification service into main backend.
Integrating realtime chat into unified backend service.
Ensuring chat stability after architectural changes.
Introduction to Redis and caching fundamentals.
Implementing caching for profile post retrieval.
Optimizing global post retrieval using Redis cache.
Master Golang Backend Development: REST API, WebSocket, gRPC, MongoDB & Redis
Build a complete production-ready backend application with Golang from scratch while learning the technologies used by modern software companies.
In this course, you'll learn how to develop scalable backend systems using Golang, MongoDB, REST APIs, WebSockets, gRPC, Redis, Docker, JWT Authentication, and Swagger Documentation.
Rather than learning isolated concepts, you'll build a complete social-media-style backend application featuring user authentication, posts, comments, likes, followers, notifications, real-time messaging, caching, and microservice communication.
The course starts with setting up Golang and creating a professional project structure. You'll then build a fully featured REST API using industry-standard practices while integrating MongoDB for data persistence and Swagger for API documentation.
Next, you'll implement secure authentication using JWT tokens and middleware, allowing users to register, log in, update profiles, follow other users, and access protected resources.
You'll continue by developing a complete post management system where users can create posts, update content, search posts, comment on posts, like and unlike posts, and manage their own content.
After mastering REST APIs, you'll move into real-time application development using WebSockets and gRPC. You'll build a real-time chat system capable of sending and receiving messages instantly while learning how to structure and manage WebSocket connections efficiently.
The course also covers Protocol Buffers and gRPC communication, allowing multiple services to communicate efficiently in a microservice architecture. You'll learn how to generate Proto files, create gRPC servers and clients, and integrate them with your Go applications.
To make the application even more realistic, you'll implement a complete notification system that delivers real-time updates whenever users receive messages, comments, or other interactions.
Performance optimization is another major focus of this course. You'll learn Redis from scratch and use it to cache frequently requested data, significantly improving API response times and reducing database load.
Deployment and DevOps topics are also included. You'll learn how to Dockerize your services, configure Docker Compose, organize your repositories, maintain version control, and prepare applications for production environments.
What You'll Learn
Build RESTful APIs using Golang
Design scalable backend architectures
Work with MongoDB using the official Go driver
Create secure authentication systems using JWT
Implement middleware and authorization
Generate professional Swagger API documentation
Build CRUD operations with validation
Develop user management systems
Create posts, comments, likes, and followers features
Build real-time chat applications using WebSockets
Implement real-time notifications
Learn Protocol Buffers and gRPC
Create gRPC servers and clients
Connect multiple backend services together
Use Redis for caching and performance optimization
Dockerize applications and services
Work with Docker Compose
Apply clean project structure and best practices
Build production-ready backend applications
Understand modern backend engineering workflows