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Learn Echo - Prerequisite Skills & Environment Setup
Before touching Echo, you need to master the Go language, the concepts of HTTP and REST APIs, as well as the basics of databases and Git. In this episode you will also set up the Go toolchain, create a new project, install Echo v5, and verify your first installation.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - History, Background & Why You Need Echo
This episode traces the evolution of Echo from the labstack project in 2015 to Echo v5 in January 2026, the problems this framework solves compared to plain net/http, and its position among Gin, Fiber, and chi before going deeper in episode 22.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Core Concepts & Main Architecture
This episode dissects Echo's architecture from the inside: how echo.Echo becomes a net/http handler, how the radix tree router matches paths, the execution order of the middleware chain, and the role of echo.Context that wraps request and response in every handler.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Setup & Hello World
Time to write real code: creating your first Echo application with echo.New, installing the slog-based RequestLogger and Recover middleware, writing handlers that return text and JSON, and running the server on port 8080 with proper error handling.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Routing & URL Parameters
This episode dissects the Echo routing system: colon path parameters, wildcards, regex-based matching, query parameters, route groups, and virtual hosts for serving multiple domains from a single server.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Binding & Validation
This episode dissects binding and validation in Echo: how c.Bind turns JSON, XML, or form data into a struct, struct tags for query and URI binding, custom binders, go-playground validator integration, and centralized 400 error handling.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Middleware
This episode dissects Echo's middleware system: how to write your own middleware with c.Next, registering it at the root, group, and route levels, pre-middleware with e.Pre, and built-in middleware like RequestLogger, CORS, JWT, BodyLimit, Gzip, and RateLimit.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Response, Rendering & Static Files
This episode dissects sending responses in Echo: JSON, XML, and HTML, template engine integration with a custom renderer, response streaming, serving static files, file uploads, and the StaticDirectoryHandler security fix for CVE-2026-55677.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Project Structure & Clean Architecture
This episode builds the foundation for organized code: separating handlers, services, and repositories, the internal layout following Go conventions, simple dependency injection without a library, and modularizing the router and middleware setup so it's easy to test and scale.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Echo - Database & ORM Integration
This episode connects Echo to a database: PostgreSQL connections with pgx, database/sql, GORM, and sqlc, connection pooling, schema migrations, and a complete CRUD implementation in Echo handlers following the repository pattern from episode 8.
August 10, 2026
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