Build an Orchestrator in Go (From Scratch)

2 From mental model to skeleton code

This chapter covers

• Creating skeletons for task, worker, manager, and scheduler components
• Identifying the states of a task
• Using an interface to support different types of schedulers
• Writing a test program to verify that the code will compile and run

Once I have a mental model for a project, I like to translate that model into skeleton code. I do this quite frequently in my day job. It’s similar to how carpenters frame a house: they define the exterior walls and interior rooms with two-by-fours and add trusses to give the roof a shape. This frame isn’t the finished product, but it marks the boundaries of the structure, allowing others to come along and add details later in the construction.

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