Go
Go
Go, also known as Golang and not to be confused with Go! (note the exclamation point), is a programming language designed for Google’s use in 2007 in order to improve the productivity of its employees. Google designed Go in order to have a programming language that didn’t have the problems they were experiencing with some of the languages they had previously been using, mainly C++, while implementing features they liked about other languages, such as C, Python and JavaScript. Go was successful in its mission for Google, and in 2012 Go was released for use to the public. Today, it continues to be widely used in production at Google, and has become a language of choice for many large companies and projects since. Go is regularly maintained and updated.
Since Go is a newer language, it iterates heavily on the shortcomings of other older languages and starts somewhat fresh. Go is a general-purpose language that was designed based on the features of Python, JavaScript and C that work well. As such, Go was designed to have easy syntax and readability, broad usability, and high run-time efficiency and performance. Furthermore, Go is a statically typed language, which teaches good programming fundamentals to beginners. But at the same time it also has automatic garbage collection, so Go programmers don’t have to worry about memory leaks, which can be tricky to deal with. This combination of features make Go unique and stand out when compared to other common general purpose programming languages.
You should learn Go if you want to learn a programming language that can do anything you want, and is known for being easy to pick up for beginners while being extremely powerful and running quickly. These traits make Go a solid choice of first programming language for any beginner programmer, regardless of what they hope to use programming for.