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Jennifer Lauwitz · 2017-04-07T07:31:46.465Z

I've asked myself the question about a year ago, and so far this is what I have done. Hopefully this will be helpful to someone who is starting to learn Go. Start with A Tour of Go, and after that build a small program to reflect everything you have...

Hello Jennifer. I'm wondering if you list stills hold true or is there any thing you would like to change/add.

I've always wanted to start learning this fresh language, but I'm so done of looking at the ugly console, still waiting for a nice GUI library. have someone looked if there exists one already?

If not please, I'll be pleased if you can give me some info about how to make GUI libraries.

Thank you!

What do you mean GUI library?

Are you talking about IDE or a UI support for Go lang?

There is both an IDE (jetbrains.com/go) and GTK support for Go (mattn.github.io/go-gtk)

ugly console

Oh dear! :D

Its all about beauty vs productivity. I would never leave console if I had a choice. Sadly I work, half of the time, in Java! :(

You know I'm newbie into these things. Still researching. Thanks for the answer. And i meant with GUI lib with a tool or framework to create yes those beautiful interfaces haha im still curious on how can I make my own or how are the existents made

If you get the chance, Bill Kennedy and the folks at ArdanLabs put on a great Go training. I took the two day version at OSCON the other year, and it was a great intro to the language. I was able to feel productive with Go nearly immediately. The materials for the course are up on GitHub: github.com/ardanlabs/gotraining

There's also: gobyexample.com and the standard library which is open source and fantastic: golang.org/pkg ^_^

Golang seems to be gaining in popularity, cool. But I have a few honest questions that aren't easy for me to find answers to.

Why would one want to learn Go?

What types of programs does one build with Go (web, cli, etc.)?

What makes Go a better language than say another language like Haskell, Python, Lua, Clojure, etc?

Thank you!

Why would one want to learn Go?

Overall, the language is well thought out and fixes pretty much all the issues I encountered with other languages. It is a good general purpose language with really good support for server side programming.

What types of programs does one build with Go (web, cli, etc.)?

There is a way to build pretty much everything in Go. Heck there is a GTK support as well mattn.github.io/go-gtk.

The best use-case is for writing micro-services.

What makes Go a better language than say another language like Haskell, Python, Lua, Clojure, etc?

Thats a loaded question. :)

I will try to answer in short. It would be better if you cross check it by actually writing something and comparing.

Haskel = simplicity & performance
Python = performance
Lua = I am not sure I have never used Lua at any scale :P
Clojure = slight advantage due to being compiled, 
           lisp vs go formats

Choosing one over other often is not an opinionated discussion, instead it is factual (in most cases). There are some languages which beats others when it comes to specific use-case and hence is irreplaceable (Yes you Erlang ). Go has its own advantages and places where it is unbeatable (networking & micro-services), just choose whichever you need based on requirement.

Use this only if you have done everything listed here. github.com/avelino/awesome-go
Follow Go Blog - blog.golang.org
Advanced Stuffs - (Read and understand this) blog.golang.org/pipelines

After that, go and read the guides: How to Write Go Code, and Effective Goto get a grasp on writing idiomatic Go code, and to familiarise yourself with the "Go" conventions

This is a must. Effective Go is probably the best collection of information available for go.

Thank you for writing this, Jennifer. I have been wanting to learn Go for some time, and this is really helpful. :)

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