Preface

Go is an open source programming language that lets programmers easily build reliable and scalable programs. It does this by offering a simple syntax which makes it fun to write correct and predictable code using concurrency idioms and a robust standard library.

Go has a large and active online community and there are several Go conferences that take place around the world yearly.  Starting with https://golang.org/, you will find numerous places on the web that provide documentations, blogs, videos, and slides that cover a wide range of Go-related topics.  On GitHub, the story is no different; some of the best known projects that are driving the future of cloud computing, for instance, are written in Go with an ever growing list.

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