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Go logo: A small compiled language for APIs, CLIs, and services that are easy to deploy.
Go logo: A small compiled language for APIs, CLIs, and services that are easy to deploy.

Go

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Go logo: A small compiled language for APIs, CLIs, and services that are easy to deploy.

Go

Go is free. A small compiled language for APIs, CLIs, and services that are easy to deploy.

What is Go?

Go is free. Go compiles to a single binary and keeps the language small on purpose. People use it for straightforward concurrency and servers that do not need a big runtime.

Go is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.

Level

Key Features

Single binaryGoroutinesFast compile

Go Pros & Cons

Pros of Go

  • Simple to deploy

  • Built-in concurrency

  • Fast builds

Cons of Go

  • Error handling gets repetitive

  • Fewer abstraction tools than Java or C#