Language Overview

GO is a fast, efficient and reliable languague supported by Google. It was designed at Google starting in 2007 and version 1.0 was released in 2012. The designers were motivated by their shared dislike of C++. May popular developer tools are written using GO

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medium barrier to entry

high demand

high pay

medium to find help

Learnability

How learnable is a given language? It depends on a variety of factors, including how difficult it is to learn the syntax or find reliable resources when you get stuck.

Ready to start learning? We suggest using visiting exercism.org to start your journey

Career

What is the demand and pay for people writing in this language? What is the reality of their day-to-day? Everything career-related is explored here.

Community

Ways to interact with the community, from following influential leaders on Twitter to meeting people in virtual forums or at conferences.

Robert Griesemer

Co-Creator of GO

Rob Pike

Co-Creator of GO and author of 'The Practice of Programming'

Johnny Boursiquot

Gotime Podcast host

Mitchell Hashimoto

Founder of Hashicorp

Learning Resources

Find resources to help you learn--from documentation and tutorials to forums where you can interact with other developers.

Helping new and established developers compare coding languages.

About

We're three developers with a passion for community who aim to create a welcoming, informative space for people at all points of their code journeys.

Created by Matt Silbernagel, Erica Handelman and Eric Boggs