Go Programming with Caddy, the HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS

GDG Washington DC
Thu, May 12, 2016, 6:30 PM (EDT)

About this event

It's been a while since we did something on Go! Let's do a Go Programming talk!!

Date

Thursday, May 12th 6:30 PM

Location

Capital One HQ

1680 Capital One Dr, McLean, VA

This location is walkable from McLean Metro Station in Silver Line.

Topic

Caddy, the HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS. 

We'll look at the motivation for a new web server and explore Caddy at a technical level. Then we'll see how Caddy and its ideology can be used to improve your own Go apps and our tech community.

Check out the Go 1.6 Release Notes

Matt Holt @mholt6 

Matt Holt is the author of Papa Parse, a high-performance CSV parser for the browser. and Caddy, a web server written in Go that uses HTTPS by default. He advocates for open source, encryption, and good user experience. Matt will be starting the CS master's program this Fall at Brigham Young University.

Sponsors: CapitalOne 


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