API Alhasanain Blog

Backend Developer

Backend Open Source Mar – Apr 2023 Golang

Background

As a personal project, I ambitiously developed an API for an Islamic-themed blog website named Alhasanain. The platform is designed to provide essential blogging features with an engaging community aspect.

Solution

Alhasanain API is a RESTful backend service built with Golang, providing comprehensive blogging functionality with user management, content management, and community interaction features.

Account Management

Create, edit, and delete user accounts easily

Post Management

Effortlessly create and manage posts with categorization and tagging

Community Interaction

Encourage discussions through user comments

Implementation

Built with Golang, the API provides a robust backend foundation for blog operations. The project emphasizes clean code architecture and RESTful design principles.

Learning Challenge

This was my first experience learning Golang, with just one month to explore and build the project. The main challenge was understanding how to implement APIs in Golang. To overcome this, I spent time reading documentation and watching tutorials on YouTube to deepen my knowledge.

API Architecture

RESTful Design

Following REST principles for clean and intuitive API endpoints with proper HTTP methods and status codes.

Clean Architecture

Structured codebase with separation of concerns, making the API maintainable and scalable.

My Role

I worked as the Backend Developer, responsible for learning Golang and implementing the API from scratch.

Backend Developer Golang Developer API Designer

Skills Learned

API DevelopmentGolangProblem-SolvingSelf-Learning