If you’re planning to create or streamline an app for your business, start by choosing the proper technology. In a world of speedy changes, business owners often resort to Ruby as it allows them to create an app truly fast. But why use Golang?
What is Go?
Go is an open-source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. It’s statically typed and produces compiled machine code binaries. Developers say that Google's Go language is the C for the twenty-first century when it comes to syntax.
The world was first introduced to Go in 2009 thanks to Google’s Rob Pike, Robert Griesemer, and Ken Thompson. The main goal of creating Go was to combine the best features of other programming languages:
- Ease of use together with state-of-the-art productivity
- High-level efficiency along with static typing
- Advanced performance for networking and the full use of multi-core power
What are the Advantages of UsingGo for Your Project?
- Minimalist and easy to learn
Golang’s specification is merely 50 pages long (Java’s, for example, is 750 pages long) and it’s full of examples. The language is quite easy to read and easy to learn from just this specification (and even more so if you are already well-versed in Java or C). Moreover, its clean syntax means the language is also easy to maintain. Some of the features that make Go so simple include a minimal interface, no implicit conversions, and packages with clear code separation.
HELLO WORLD IN JAVA
class HelloWorldApp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!"); // Prints the string to the console.
}
}HELLO WORLD IN GO
package mainimport "fmt"func main() {
fmt.Println("Hello, World")
}
- Convenience
Go has been compared to scripting languages like Python in its ability to satisfy many common programming needs. Some of this functionality is built into the language itself, such as “goroutines” for concurrency and threadlike behavior, while additional capabilities are available in Go standard library packages, like Go’s HTTP package. Like Python, Go provides automatic memory management capabilities including garbage collection. Unlike scripting languages such as Python, Go code compiles to a fast-running native binary. And unlike C or C++, Go compiles extremely fast—fast enough to make working with Go feel more like working with a scripting language than a compiled language. Further, the Go build system is less complex than those of other compiled languages. It takes few steps and little bookkeeping to build and run a Go project.
- Fast
Go binaries run more slowly than their C counterparts, but the difference in speed is negligible for most applications. Go performance is as good as C for the vast majority of work, and generally much faster than other languages known for the speed of development (e.g., JavaScript, Python, and Ruby).
- Transparent
Go’s syntax is meant to be transparent. It has only one standard code format created automatically by the fmt tool. The language makes it easy for you to always know what your code is doing and estimate resources. Languages like Python are as readable as Go, but not quite as transparent.
- Large community = Extensive tools
As with most popular programming languages, Golang has a large and supportive community. The language has its own GitHub repository, which includes a number of editors and plugins, and there are also many other resources available, including a Slack channel, a blog, a sub-Reddit and a forum. And if that isn’t enough, there are countless Golang programmers out there open to sharing their knowledge.
- Large talent pool
The fact Golang has such a large community also means there are countless developers offering Golang development services. As the most in-demand language in the world, you are sure to have your pick of developers if you’re looking to start a project using Go.
