The Go Language: What Makes it Different? - Jay McGavren

The Go programming language emphasizes simplicity and speed. Common programming mistakes are detected by the compiler. The language itself encourages proper error handling. It has first-class concurrency support using goroutines and channels. And on top of all this, Go offers lightning-fast compilation and execution. This talk will cover all the unique features that could make Go the ideal choice for your next project!

[catwhisperer]

I. had spent most of the '80s and '90s coding in C and C++ and I have to say that I am loving the Go language. I was anticipating investing my time in Rust but, for me at least, Go makes much more sense for the applications I write. Go is just awesome and I think it has a very unique place in the developer stack, between C/C++ and interpreted languages, which makes it ideal for performant application development.

[priteshugrankar]

Wish more Golang talks were like this...

[pss_crs]

43:00 Channels can close sender or receiver but the go idiomatic/recommended sender will close. Use close() function for it. ⬇️

chn := make(chan int, 5)
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Code..
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Close(chn)

[broyojo]

I still feel like not using a variable or import shouldn't be a compile error, maybe only a compiler warning. maybe gofmt would remove the extraneous stuff or the compiler would optimize it away? I feel like it will obstruct creative flow when you have to remove lots of code just to test something out, then to ctrl-z everything back.

[gcxs]

Nice talk


but select statement is also worth noting

[BryanChance]

Two deal breaker: 1) "import and not used", 2) Declared and unused variable, 3) ...

[chuganator]

5:08 "We all know how to clean up after, still its so nice not worry about it" . People are in silos. Lol

[wisestein]

18:49 wtf, is that an inline anonymous struct definition no AND instantiation, immediately assigned to a variable? Dense.

[erikecoologic]

24:32 > "Go implements composition over inheritance at the language level." - I don't get it, looks like multiple inheritance to me, what am I missing?

[SB-rfye]

"encourage you to explicitly check for errors"
no ... not encourage ... you force the devs to do so.

[enriquebenedicto]

I do not like using return values for errors. What a pain in the a$$ to always check for returned errors.

Just at 16:26. Maybe there are cleaner way of checking for them.

[FPChris]

Just have slices or make arrays dynamic. Both seem pointless

[DagangWei]

30:17 seems there is no guarantee for the order, e.g., the 1st size might not be from the 1st page.

[FPChris]

What if you had 30 RGBA defined globals that aren’t used? Super annoying

[MrCoOrtexX]

not a web dev, but the purpose of request in paramater at 17:57 ? it's not used after in the code function, i don't understand

[zdwd]

I used to write go code but the switched to rust; Can only recommend rust but Go is nice too

[HiddenLotus]

Content is good, but speaker would have been slightly better served rehearsing it or by using a script

[unknownsoul]

i am sold when i see you can parse a string to bool in GO, i am done Go Vue is the way to go sorry

[soho]

W The fuck does one need to invent a new PL every fucking weekend.

[LaPingvino]

I generally consider the way Go does OOP as the only way that is useful and acceptable xD