Using channels and the select statement

Go channels, in combination with Goroutines, are first-class citizens for asynchronous communication. Channels become especially powerful when we use select statements. These statements allow a Goroutine to intelligently handle requests from multiple channels at once.

How to do it...

These steps cover writing and running your application:

1. From your Terminal or console application,createa new directory called~/projects/go-programming-cookbook/chapter10/channelsand navigate to it.
2. Run the following command:

          $ go mod init github.com/PacktPublishing/Go-Programming-Cookbook-Second-Edition/chapter10/channels

        

You should see a file calledgo.modthat contains the following code:

module github.com/PacktPublishing/Go-Programming-Cookbook-Second-Edition/chapter10/channels

3. Copy the tests from~/projects/go-programming-cookbook-original/chapter10...