55: Go on The Web

Summary

Andrew Gerrand (@enneff), Developer Advocate at Google & Go core contributor, talks about GoLang and how it is being used in Web Development today as well as the plans for the future of the Go as a platform for the web.

Resources

• Go - https://golang.org/

• A Tour of Go - https://tour.golang.org/ (great starting point!)

• Godoc.org - https://godoc.org/ (Go package index)

• Go Search package search engine - http://go-search.org/

• GoLang on Twitter - https://twitter.com/golang

• Web programming toolkits and frameworks:

• The standard HTTP package

• Gorilla Web Toolkit

• Revel

• BeeGo

• Hugo - a static site generator

• AJ’s articles on Go

• https://coolaj86.com/articles/getting-started-with-golang-and-vim/

• https://coolaj86.com/articles/how-to-test-if-a-port-is-available-in-go/

• https://coolaj86.com/articles/today-i-became-a-golang-dev-with-vim-and-caddy/

• “Learn Go in One Video” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF9S4QZuV30

• GopherCon - http://www.gophercon.com/

• GopherCon india - http://www.gophercon.in/

• Go on Slack - gopher slack channel

• Go intro talks:

• Go: code that grows with grace

• Go concurrency talks:

• Go Concurrency Patterns

• Advanced Go Concurrency Patterns

• Ruby Learning Slack Channel for Go Courses - https://gocourse.slack.com/

• The next Go class for Ruby Learning - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WXO68p3gH4b-4S3dOS_MUbvoe7uaRNT9tii1syTznYA/viewform

Panelists

• Danny Blue (@dee_bloo) - Front End Engineer at Deloitte Digital

• Christian Smith (@anvilhacks) - Founder of Anvil Research, hacker, musician, & startup enthusiast

• Erik Isaksen (@eisaksen) - Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies

• AJ O’Neal (@coolAJ86) - Podcaster & JavaScript Developer