{"id":192724,"date":"2025-01-31T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=192724"},"modified":"2025-01-26T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:36:12","slug":"introduction-to-golang-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/introduction-to-golang-development","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Golang development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"192724\" class=\"elementor elementor-192724\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ffbf1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"13ffbf1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acee6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acee6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>Golang, often simply referred to as Go, is an open-source programming language developed by Google and released in 2009. Crafted by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, this language is designed to provide a fast, efficient, and easily maintainable solution for modern software development, particularly in the realms of distributed systems, cloud, and back-end infrastructures.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e059c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e059c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/createurs-golang.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-192727\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/createurs-golang.webp 617w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/createurs-golang-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The three creators of Go, from left to right: Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f46f99 elementor-align-center button-principal elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2f46f99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More about Golang<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61317da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"61317da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25af21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25af21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which application domains is it suited for?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa91d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa91d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Go language holds particular appeal in various domains, notably:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cloud and distributed systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Go is often employed in cloud computing environments, where it is especially appreciated for cloud-native applications and microservices.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Back-end infrastructures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: As a highly performant compiled language, Go is an excellent choice for the back-end of large-scale platforms, such as data management systems and APIs.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Web services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Numerous companies utilize it to create Go programs that are both reliable and scalable, like <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/docker-course-learning-to-use-the-container-platform\">Docker<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/kubernetes-training-learn-how-to-use-this-orchestration-tool\">Kubernetes<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b126c8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b126c8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af67374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af67374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are its advantages and disadvantages?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7daf985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7daf985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golang provides numerous advantages, yet it also has disadvantages that are important to weigh.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-518548c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"518548c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f5060 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"62f5060\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d7eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1d7eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advantages<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f6dff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f6dff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-192734\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image1.png 512w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654f0b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"654f0b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-425cda5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"425cda5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Disadvantages<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08edda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f08edda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-192735\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image4.png 512w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/01\/image4-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77692b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"77692b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb8ac87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb8ac87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Simplicity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Its syntax is direct, clear, and easy to read.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4533ff1 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"4533ff1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484b796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"484b796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Lack of generics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Up until recently, Go did not support generics, which could complicate the handling of some data structures.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b44d00 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"0b44d00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b304a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b304a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>High performance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: As a compiled language, Go is quick in execution, rivaling the performance levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/the-characteristics-of-the-c-language\">C<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/c-what-is-this-computer-language-for\">C++<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cb12e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"5cb12e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb3ce31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb3ce31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Primitive syntax<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Its simplicity can have downsides. For instance, the language lacks certain advanced abstractions present in other languages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff67183 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"ff67183\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267a4ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"267a4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Concurrency management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Goroutines offer a powerful mechanism for effective and simple concurrency.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5c5e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"fd5c5e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5891cd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5891cd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Error handling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Error handling is deliberately verbose, potentially making Go code longer and harder to read.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e703c e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"41e703c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbfd894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbfd894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Cross-compilation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Go simplifies the process of compiling source code for multiple platforms.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caf8a46 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"caf8a46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16abbcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16abbcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4248af4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4248af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5056a61 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"5056a61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428c835 elementor-align-center button-principal elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"428c835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/course-devops\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Training in DevOps Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a030ec1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"a030ec1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb6be25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb6be25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the structure of the language?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35da181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35da181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go\u2019s syntax is relatively similar to that of C.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830c93f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"830c93f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Packages<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a808ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a808ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A package is a unit of modularity and distribution. Every Go file is associated with a package, and packages enable code to be reused in a structured manner.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>package main<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This specific package designates the entry point of an executable program. If you&#8217;re developing an application, it must incorporate the main package.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other packages can be imported to provide additional functionalities, like fmt for handling input\/output.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9bde19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9bde19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Imports<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1b6c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1b6c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imports in Go facilitate the use of external packages or those from the standard library to enhance your program\u2019s features.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, the following code imports a package (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fmt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) from the standard library:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9039c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"9039c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>import \"fmt\"<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15130ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15130ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple imports can be declared as follows:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9f835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"4f9f835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>import (\r\n    \"fmt\"\r\n    \"time\"\r\n)\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-058b9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"058b9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Functions<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd0623e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd0623e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Functions in Go are blocks of code designed to complete specific tasks. The main function is compulsory as it represents the starting point of any Go program.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following function, named <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, takes a name as a parameter and returns a greeting:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b39bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"8b39bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>func hello(name string) string {\r\n    return \"Hello, \" + name\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbfb1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fbfb1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Variables<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c074f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c074f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variables are declared using the <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>var<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keyword, but they can also be defined more concisely using the <strong>:<\/strong><\/span><strong>=<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operator for implicit declaration.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following example demonstrates a first variable explicitly declared as a string, and a second implicitly declared as an integer.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98bb44a elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"98bb44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>var message string = \"Hello World!\"\r\nnombre := 42<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a3892c elementor-align-center button-principal elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0a3892c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/course-devops\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Become an expert in DevOps Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1db794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1db794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Typing<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2109d93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2109d93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go is a statically typed language: each variable is determined at compile time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321a331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"321a331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Control flow<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7273c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7273c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Go, control flow includes classic constructs like <\/span><b>if\u2026else, for<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>switch<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, it doesn&#8217;t have a <\/span><b>while<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> loop, although <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>for<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can serve a similar purpose.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, the loop prints numbers from <span style=\"color: #800080;\">0<\/span> to <span style=\"color: #800080;\">9<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c297f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"3c297f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {\r\n    fmt.Println(i)\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d64da7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d64da7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> statement indicates whether the number is even or odd:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31555b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"31555b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>number := 7\r\nif number%2 == 0 {\r\n    fmt.Println(\"The number is even\")\r\n} else {\r\n    fmt.Println(\"The number is odd\")\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c382a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c382a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">switch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> statement evaluates the value in the variable <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">day<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and executes the corresponding block:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c06303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"8c06303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>day := \"tuesday\"\r\nswitch day {\r\ncase \"monday\":\r\n    fmt.Println(\"Start of the week\")\r\ncase \"tuesday\":\r\n    fmt.Println(\"Second day of the week\")\r\ncase \"wednesday\":\r\n    fmt.Println(\"Middle of the week\")\r\ndefault:\r\n    fmt.Println(\"Day not specified\")\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeafe87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aeafe87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font size=\"4\">Data structures<\/font><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975d1d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"975d1d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several possible data structures, such as arrays, slices, maps, and structs.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>Slices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allow for flexible handling of data sequences:<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7847f elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"0c7847f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>numbers := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}\r\nfmt.Println(numbers)<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b2239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b2239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b>Maps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a collection of key-value pairs, akin to dictionaries in other languages:<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bd85c elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"17bd85c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-go \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-go\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>capitals := map[string]string{\"France\": \"Paris\", \"Italy\": \"Roma\"}\r\nfmt.Println(capitals[\"France\"])<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614f3e5 elementor-align-center button-principal elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"614f3e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" 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These are functions that run concurrently with the main program. 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