What is GoLang?
GoLang or Go is an open-source programming
language supported by Google. Its syntax and code structure
are very easy to learn and get started with. While other programming
languages achieve parallelism and concurrency through the use of third-party
libraries, Go has this feature built-in natively. It's lightweight and
feature-rich; ideal for applications that handle large traffic or heavy
computing without consuming too many resources.
Go is considered one of the top languages used in
DevOps, right next to
Python, as many tools that empower DevOps
practices such as CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code are written in these
languages.
This makes it one of the top skills to learn for open-source and DevOps
professionals.
What can you build with Go?
You can build many things with Go, from web applications, to cloud platform
integration tools. You can also build software that helps provision and
automate infrastructure, for DevOps, or Site Reliability purposes.
What does the syntax look like?
Here’s a simple snippet that prints the text “Hello World”. Notice how the
composition of the code is similar to other languages such as C++ and Java.
This makes Go easy to learn.
package main
import ('fmt')
func main() {
fmt.Println('Hello World!')
}
Playground Features
In this playground, you’ll gain 60 minutes of access to an
Ubuntu operating system environment pre-installed and fully
equipped with Go and Visual Studio Code IDE straight to
your browser.
Multi-task by opening multiple tabs to the same environment and have the
ability to run Go code from multiple files. Practice and
hone your skills with Go, write well-written code or test functionalities,
or even take the concurrency feature to the test and discover more features
Go can offer.
If you need more time, this sandbox environment also allows you to extend
the time by 15-minute increments, giving you more time for
practice.