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Tanmay Vaish
Tanmay Vaish

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Why Golang is a Good Choice for Developers in 2023

🚀 As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, it's important for developers to stay current with the latest programming languages and tools. In recent years, Go (or Golang) has emerged as a powerful and efficient option for developers, and it's only becoming more popular.

Here are the top 5 reasons why Go is a great choice for developers in 2023:

1. 💻 Concurrency is built-in

Go Concurrency

One of the standout features of Go is its built-in concurrency support. This makes it easy for developers to write concurrent code and take full advantage of multi-core processors. This makes Go a great choice for building high-performance systems, such as web servers, that need to handle a large number of concurrent connections.

2. 🚀 Fast compilation

Fast compilation

Go is a compiled language, which means it's translated into machine code before being executed. This makes it much faster than interpreted languages like Python. Additionally, Go's compilation process is incredibly fast, making it a great choice for developers who need to iterate quickly.

3. 💼 Great for building web apps

Web Apps

Go is often used to build web applications, thanks to its built-in support for HTTP and its lightweight, minimalist syntax. Additionally, the Go standard library includes everything you need to build a web app, including a router and a template engine.

4. 🌍 Growing Community

Growing Community

Go has a large and growing community of developers, with a lot of resources available to learn from. With the increasing popularity of the language and more and more companies using it, there's a lot of opportunity for developers who know Go.

5. 📚 Easy to Learn

Easy to Learn

Go is designed to be easy to read and write, with a simple and consistent syntax. It's a great choice for developers who are new to programming or who are looking to learn a new language.

If you are shifting from languages like C++, it will be a very smooth ride for you.

🔍 Real World Applications

Companies such as Uber, Netflix, Dropbox, and Soundcloud have all used Go in their production systems. Below are some areas where go is being used prominently:

🚀 Distributed Systems: Go's built-in concurrency support makes it a great choice for building distributed systems. For example, Uber uses Go to power their distributed data pipeline, which processes over a billion events per second.

🌍 Networking: Go's lightweight and efficient nature makes it well-suited to networking applications. For example, Dropbox uses Go to power its LAN sync feature, which allows users to sync files between computers on the same network.

💼 Web Applications: Go's built-in support for HTTP and lightweight syntax make it a great choice for building web applications. For example, Soundcloud uses Go to power its web server, which serves over 75 million active users.

💻 Microservices: Go's a fast compilation and efficient runtime making it a great choice for building microservices. For example, Netflix uses Go to power some of its microservices, which handle tasks such as user authentication and content recommendations.

🚀 Go is also being used to build command-line tools, machine-learning applications, and even games.

🤔 What are you waiting for?

Go is a powerful and efficient programming language that is well-suited to building high-performance systems. Its built-in concurrency support, fast compilation, and growing community make it a great choice for developers in 2023. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, Go is worth considering as you plan your next project.

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zakaria chahboun • Edited

During the past nine months, I have switched from JavaScript to Go and have written three projects with Go, including a large personal project (which is private).

The other two projects are:
github.com/zakaria-chahboun/cute

Cute, a minimalist beautiful Go print (fmt alternative)

github.com/zakaria-chahboun/tarjem

"Tarjem", an easy way to generate translations for your Go app

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Tanmay Vaish • Edited

That's great 👏, I am also working on a project, which I will share with you guys soon.

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Anwar Hossain • Edited

I am also planning to switch from js developer to golang dev as i started liking golang. I am already working as react developer. What's your opinion regarding this?

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spO0q 🐒🎃

gophers are really cool!

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Franco Montini

Gopher style!

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SaTy

That's cool 😎 🤙 gophers

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Dogers

Just wish a decent GUI framework would be released for it - the existing ones are either incredibly complex, lacking in docs or very basic :(

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zakaria chahboun

There are new GUI frameworks:

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Dogers

Fyne actually looks like it's come along since I last looked at it, although Nux is still in that basic, rather raw stage.

Wails looks like it's the other direction though, will have to read a bit more there, thanks!

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Cliff Brake

The Web/Browser is the GUI framework of today, and I believe this is why no obvious native toolkit has emerged for Go. The web platform has its obvious drawbacks, but nothing else can touch it in terms of portability and breadth of packages available.

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Dogers

True, it's the easiest route to a cross platform interface these days, I guess!

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Pham Van Hue

Go is easy to build micro service, and it so easy to learn and quickly

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neu-ma-tic

however, brainfuck