Go (also known as Golang) is an open-source, statically typed programming language. It was originally developed by Google. Some notable features of Go include simplicity, high performance, readability, and efficiency. Like any other prominent programming language, the standard library of Go offers a rich set of packages. However, we can also extend the functionalities by incorporating third-party packages. This guide …
Writing Packages in Go
In Go programming, packages are one of the most powerful features. Packages help maintain a large number of programs by grouping them together into single units. This makes code maintenance much easier. This modular approach also allows better code sharing and reuse. In this guide, we will learn about writing our own Go packages and implementing them in our projects. …
Deploying a Go Web Application using Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04
Go is an open-source general-purpose programming language. It was inspired by the productivity of Python while offering the ability of C. It was originally developed by Google to tackle issues they were facing with their codebase (code complexity and long compilation time). Like any other modern-day programming language, Go is suitable for all sorts of purposes. For example, it could …
Building and Installing Go Programs
Go is a statically typed programming language. Originally designed by Google, Go shares similarities with C in terms of syntaxes. However, in functionality, Go comes with additional features like memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing, etc. Over the past few years, Go has been gaining incredible popularity. This guide will go over the steps of building and installing Go programs …
Installing Go on Ubuntu 20.04
Go is an open-source programming language. Originally designed at Google, Go shares syntax similarities with C. However, it includes additional programming features like structural typing, garbage collection, memory safety, and CSP-style concurrency. Most of the time, the Go programming language is referred to as “Golang” because of the official Go domain name. This guide demonstrates installing and configuring the latest …