Go Programming Language: Explained Simply!

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Go Programming Language Explained Simply!
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Why Golang?

• To make processors highly performant Hardware
  manufacturers are adding more and more cores to
  the processors.
• Since data centers are running on such
  processors the number of cores will increase over
  the years.
• However, addition of cores has physical
  limitations and software optimizations are
  required.
• Thus, languages should support concurrency easily
  and they should be scalable with increased number
  of cores.
• Go was developed with the express purpose of
  scalability and concurrency.

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• Following are some of the features of Golang,
  which make it most suitable for modern computing
  needs

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Multithreading
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Language Design

• Go programming language is easy to understand and
  readable.
• It minimizes dependencies of code. For instance,
  Golang doesn't have Classes, Constructor,
  Inheritance, Generics and Exception.
• As a result, dependency management is good due to
  its object-oriented support.
• Data structures in Golang such as slice and
  struct provide a convenient way of storing
  elements. This makes it easier for developers to
  create neat code which is easy to create and most
  importantly easy to maintain with short compile
  time.

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Package Management

• Golang Package Management allows developers to
  utilize the functionality of other files.
• This removes the requirement of adding header
  files to every program.
• It also facilitates Remote Package Management.
  Improved Package Management provides improved
  features of the application.

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Powerful standard library

• Gos powerful Standard library has been segmented
  into packages. These packages provide a wide
  range of functions.
• Some of these packages are Compression Packages,
  String related packages, collection packages,
  graphics packages, Mathematics packages and even
  miscellaneous packages.
• This kind of library support helps developers to
  quickly compile functionality rich applications.

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Static Typing

• It is an open source programming language which
  is statically typed and explicit.
• However, though it is statically typed its
  syntax follows patterns which are similar to
  those of Dynamic languages.
• As a result, Golang combines hardware efficiency
  with software efficiency.
• Thus Go programs implement functionality with
  less machine code while ensuring that written
  code executes as quickly as possible.

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Testing Support

• Go has inbuilt testing support. It allows
  programmers to test parallelly with writing code.
  
• Further, package testing allows automated testing
  for Go packages. This is used along with the go
  test command, which automates the execution of
  any function of the form.
• Go language also features automated garbage
  collector. Such testing and garbage collection
  help build error-free and bug-free applications
  that perform optimally at the client end.

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Platform Independent

• Go supports platform independence.
• Its code is compiled and converted to binary form
  right away such that it is so small that it does
  not require any dependency.
• Such source code can be compiled on any operating
  system, platform, server or application. This
  brings about cost efficacy for the client.

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