Why Should You Learn The 'Go' Programming Language?

'Go' programming language was developed by Robert Pike and Ken Thompson in 2007 for Google to support their cloud interface and solve scalability issues. The first public version of 'Go' was released in 2012. The language is developed further and supported by Google.

 

 

GoLang offers the security and performance of a compiled language like C or C++ and the development speed of a dynamic language like Python. Golang is open-source and it is a modern language to support the software development for powerful computers, smartphones, and tablets.

   

Reasons Why You Should Learn Golang?

   
'Go' Is Powerful
 
Modern applications find it challenging to execute multiple programs at the same time. Due to such limitations, they are not able to take the advantage of multiprocessors.
 
For a powerful concurrency model, GoLang uses GoRoutines and Channels. It allows the programs to run thousands of characters simultaneously.

  

Easy To Handle Code
 
The syntax is easy to understand and maintain. The code is as simple as Python or Ruby but as efficient as C or C++. There are no classes, no annotations, generics, constructors, and exceptions in the Google Go.

  

Simple Scoping Rules
  
Go has just three simple levels of scoping. Package level variables are scoped publicly if they begin with an upper-case and to a particular package if they begin with a lower-case. Local variables are scoped only to the current block.

 
 

Focused Vocabulary

The programming concepts have been condensed to minimize the number of keywords you need to learn. Go has only 25 keywords whereas languages like Java and C# have more than 50 keywords.

   

Batteries
  
Go development tools offer support for the documentation and testing to make sure that it remains easy to develop and maintain bug-free applications.

 

First-Class Functions

Go allows the first class functions to be passed around the application like JavaScript. Go brings the best of functional programming and object-oriented programming.

   

Built-In Garbage Collection

Garbage collection is not an easy problem to solve and as a developer, you don't want to waste your time in memory management. Garbage collection is another great feature to make the lives of the developers easy.

   

Final Words

 
Go is a modern programming language to make the lives of the developers easier and allow the modern applications to fully utilize the power of modern computers