{"id":5130,"date":"2020-07-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freelancermap.com\/blog\/learning-google-go-programming-language\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:33:21","slug":"learning-google-go-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freelancermap.com\/blog\/learning-google-go-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Google Go Should be the Next Programming Language you Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google\u2019s Go has gone from a curiosity in the programming world to a language that many wouldn\u2019t hesitate to label as \u201cthe next big thing\u201d. Is it worth it to learn this programming language?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it might be far from the most-used language currently, Go has the potential to become a must-have in the arsenal of every programmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many reasons why this is the case. In this article, we\u2019ll review those and discuss why Go<\/strong> might be the next language you should consider learning<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is Go (Golang)<\/strong><\/a>\n\t
  2. Why should you learn Go<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t
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    1. Growth<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t
    2. Multicore usage<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t
    3. Concurrency<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t
    4. Maintentenance<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Big companies trust Go<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. Potential for freelancers<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ol>\n
    7. How to get started: Courses & Resources<\/strong><\/a>\n\t<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      What is Google Go and who created it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Go<\/strong> is a programming language<\/strong> originally created in 2007 by Google. Initially, it was intended to be an internal coding standard for the company\u2019s own infrastructure, but its potential propelled it towards going public. In 2009 it was released<\/strong> and it has been growing like crazy since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Go\u2019s creators are high-profile programmers<\/strong>, revered by those familiar with their work. One of them, Ken Thompson<\/strong>, was the inventor of B, the language that came before C which we all know and love today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And Rob Pike<\/strong>, another co-creator, was involved with the Unix team for a while and created the programming language Limbo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Go is efficient, scalable, and productive<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Rob Pike – Go co-founder<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Thompson and Pike also created UTF-8, which to this day is the default encoding in XML and HTML<\/a>. Put those guys together in a team, give them the manpower and knowledge of Google and you\u2019re bound to get something brilliant<\/strong> \u2013 in this case, that thing was Go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Go was born mainly to improve the concurrency that other existing languages like Python, Java or C\/C++ were not able to handle correctly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Although its official name is simply Go<\/strong>, it’s also called Golang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Reasons to learn Go (Golang)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      1. It\u2019s growing faster than any other language<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      At the beginning of 2017, Tiobe showed the numbers behind a trend many people were becoming aware of: the interest in Go is growing faster than that in any other language<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And it\u2019s surpassing its competitors<\/strong> by a lot, too. It gained 2.16 percent in popularity and rose from the 54th to the 13th position compared to the previous year. No language grew nearly as fast, the next fastest-growing being Darth with a 0.95 percent change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      As of August 2024, Go is ranked 9th in the TIOBE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Besides, 21% of freelancers voted Go as one of the programming languages that will become important in the near future and so Go it became the 8th most voted language (Freelancer Survey 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      2. Multicore usage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      One of the biggest changes in computer hardware since the 90s has been the addition of more cores. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Quad-core and octa-core CPUs<\/strong> increase performances by a significant amount. However, a lot of the modern programming languages were created at a time where computers used to only have a single core. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      They just don\u2019t scale effectively<\/strong> with the addition of new cores because they weren\u2019t built with that in mind. Go, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. And hardware keeps on scaling with more cores, making Go one of the most scalable languages out there<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Are you looking for an expert in Go?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      3. Concurrency<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Concurrency <\/strong>is an extremely important characteristic for a programming language<\/strong> and it\u2019s one of the best features of Go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What concurrency mean is that software can execute more than one task at the same time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Go was built to support that with its Goroutines \u2013 thousands can be executed at a time. Additionally, channels allow them to synchronize with each other. With that, they are much more efficient<\/strong> than threads, which can quickly spin out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Go supports two concurrency models:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n