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Go Goroutines and Channels

📅 2026-06-12 | 📂 Go

Goroutines

go func() {
    fmt.Println("Running in background")
}()

Channels

ch := make(chan string)

go func() {
    ch <- "Hello from goroutine"
}()

msg := <-ch
fmt.Println(msg)

Select

select {
case msg := <-ch:
    fmt.Println(msg)
case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
    fmt.Println("Timeout")
}

Summary

Goroutines are lightweight threads
Channels synchronize goroutines