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Aatmaja Kulkarni
Aatmaja Kulkarni

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Golang Introduction

πŸš€ Introduction to Golang (Go)

Go is a programming language created by Google. It is open-source and free to use.

Go is designed to be:

  • πŸ’‘ Simple β€” easy to read and write code
  • ⚑ Fast β€” great performance
  • πŸ”’ Safe β€” strong support for error handling

Go is known for:

  • Built-in concurrency using goroutines and channels
  • A powerful standard library
  • Very fast compile times
  • Producing small, single binary files

Where is Go used?

  • 🌐 Web services & APIs
  • ☁ Cloud applications
  • πŸ›  Command-line tools
  • βš™ Microservices

πŸ’¬ Who wants to learn Golang? Let’s connect and help each other grow!

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