RSS Feed Aggregator
Go
PostgreSQL
RESTful API
Completed - November 2024
Overview
An RSS feed aggregator built while following Lane Wagner's (@wagslane) excellent Go course on freeCodeCamp. This project served as a comprehensive introduction to building production-ready applications in Go, covering essential backend development concepts and best practices.
Learning Highlights
- Built RESTful APIs using the Chi router and standard Go packages
- Implemented authentication using API keys
- Worked with PostgreSQL database using type-safe queries with sqlc
- Practiced Go's concurrency patterns with goroutines and worker pools
- Handled structured data using Go's XML parsing capabilities
- Managed database migrations using goose
Key Features
- User system with API key authentication
- RSS feed management and following system
- Automated scraping of RSS feeds
- Concurrent processing of multiple feeds
- RESTful API for all operations
Tutorial Source
This project was completed as part of the "Learn Go Programming by Building 11 Projects" course by Lane Wagner (@wagslane), available on freeCodeCamp's YouTube channel. The course provided an excellent hands-on approach to learning Go through practical application.
Technical Capabilities
Feed Processing
Concurrent feed scraping with automatic error recovery
Data Management
Efficient PostgreSQL integration with optimized query patterns
API Features
RESTful endpoints with authentication and rate limiting