Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by ingve » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

Thirteen Years of Go
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Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by jbirer » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 12:57 PM UTC

I want to love Go, due to my background in C and UNIX sysadmin, but can't. Rust does it for me though.

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by james-skemp » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:02 PM UTC

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous.

Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by criddell » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

What are some examples? I've always thought of Go as a server-side language.

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by vlugorilla » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:18 PM UTC

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

To start, The Little Book of Go is an awesome free resource. Then, to get a more in-depth look, the book Let's Go is also pretty good. Also, the Go Documentation itself.

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by wcedmisten » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:18 PM UTC

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

A good place to start is their official "tour".

I found it a little bit redundant coming from already knowing common programming constructs and C, but it was still a good introduction to the syntax and especially for the more unique features like Goroutines.

https://go.dev/tour/list

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by rob74 » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:20 PM UTC

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

If you're really new to Go, but familiar with other programming languages, I would recommend starting with the tour (https://go.dev/tour/welcome/1) - I think it explains some of the differences between Go and other languages pretty well and gets you up to speed on the basics fast, without having to install anything. Once you have done that, you can continue with the "official" documentation listed on https://go.dev/doc/ which includes "Effective Go" (some useful recommendations) and the FAQ.

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by masklinn » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:23 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #4

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

What are some examples? I've always thought of Go as a server-side language.

fzf, hub, syncthing. Possibly also scc if for some reason you're not running tokei or loc.

Maybe also frp and hugo.

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by konart » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:28 PM UTC

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

https://gobyexample.com/ is one of the best interactive "courses".

Re: Thirteen Years of Go

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Post by konart » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1:31 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #4

james-skemp wrote: post #3

A number of applications I really enjoy are written in Go, so it's been on mind to learn enough to be dangerous. Has anyone had good success with any particular resources?

What are some examples? I've always thought of Go as a server-side language.

Docker and corresponding tools.

https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

And many others, really.