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Enhanced ServeMux Routing

High Priority16 min readUpdated June 6, 2026

Go 1.22 upgraded the standard library's http.ServeMux so it can route by HTTP method and extract path parameters without any third-party packages. Before this change, the built-in router only matched on path prefixes, which is why most Go web apps reached for chi, gorilla/mux, or gin just to handle basic REST routes. This lesson covers the new pattern syntax, how wildcards work, and how to build a small product and order API using nothing but net/http.

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