Objectives

Today we're going to....

get started with Go(lang)

learn how to write some basic Go programs

talk about where Go "fits" as a language

give you enough to be dangerous

Summary

What do we make of all this?

Go is not designed to replace Java/C#/Python

it's a system-level language, and has features to support that

Go is a high-utility language

you can do some non-trivial stuff in it without additional complexity

Go produces native applications

this can simplify some deployment scenarios

Go mixes garbage collection and pointer semantics

... and pretty seamlessly at that

Go Resources

Official

Website

http://golang.org

A Tour of Go

http://tour.golang.org

How to Write Go Code

https://golang.org/doc/code.html

Effective Go

https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html

FAQ

https://golang.org/doc/faq

Language Spec

https://golang.org/ref/spec

Go Resources

Books

The Go Programming Language (Donovan, Kernighan)

Addison-Wesley, 2015, ISBN: 978-0134190440

Go in Practice (Butcher)

Manning, 2016, ISBN: 978-1633430075

Introducing Go (Doxsey)

OReilly, 2016, ISBN: 978-1491941959

Credentials

Who is this guy?

Architect, Engineering Manager/Leader, "force multiplier"

http://www.newardassociates.com

http://blogs.newardassociates.com

Sr Distinguished Engineer, Capital One

Educative (http://educative.io) Author

Performance Management for Engineering Managers

Books

Developer Relations Activity Patterns (w/Woodruff, et al; APress, forthcoming)

Professional F# 2.0 (w/Erickson, et al; Wrox, 2010)

Effective Enterprise Java (Addison-Wesley, 2004)

SSCLI Essentials (w/Stutz, et al; OReilly, 2003)

Server-Based Java Programming (Manning, 2000)