Temporal Go SDK developer's guide

Temporal Go SDK API reference

https://pkg.go.dev/go.temporal.io/sdk

The follow structure applies to the Temporal Go SDK developer's guide:

• Introduction to the Temporal Go SDK

  • Supported runtimes
  • Add to project
  • Expected skills and experiences
  • Additional resources for learning the Go SDK
  • Contribution

• Project setup

  • How to download and install the Temporal CLI
  • Which development Cluster you should choose
  • How to create a Namespace in your development Cluster
    • Local dev server
    • Temporal Cloud
    • Self-hosted Temporal Cluster
  • Boilerplate application code and file structure best practices
  • How to run your Worker
    • Local dev server Worker
    • Temporal Cloud Worker
    • Self-hosted Worker
  • How to start your Workflow using the CLI
    • Start on local dev server
    • Start on Temporal Cloud
    • Start on Self-hosted
  • How to add a testing framework and tests to your application

2. Foundations: The minimum things required to build and run a simple Workflow with a single Activity.

   • Run a development Cluster
   • Add an SDK to your project
   • Create a Temporal Client
   • Develop a basic Workflow Definition
   • Develop a basic Activity Definition
   • Call to execute an Activity
   • Run a Worker Process
   • Start a Workflow Execution

3. Features: All the general features available to a Temporal Application.

   • Signals
   • Queries
   • Workflow timeouts and retries
   • Activity timeouts and retries
   • Activity Heartbeats
   • Async Activity Completion
   • Child Workflows
   • Continue-As-New
   • Schedules
   • Cron Jobs
   • Updates

4. Observability: Methods for observing a Temporal Application.

   • Metrics
   • Tracing
   • Logging
   • Visibility

5. Worker performance

   • Metrics
   • Configuration
   • Task Queue processing tuning
   • Workflow cache tuning
   • Invariants
   • Large value drawbacks