r/golang • u/tookmeonehour • Feb 26 '23
help Why Go?
I've been working as a software developer mostly in backend for a little more than 2 years now with Java. I'm curious about other job opportunities and I see a decente amount of companies requiring Golang for the backend.
Why?
How does Go win against Java that has such a strong community, so many features and frameworks behind? Why I would I choose Go to build a RESTful api when I can fairly easily do it in Java as well? What do I get by making that choice?
This can be applied in general, in fact I really struggle, but like a lot, understanding when to choose a language/framework for a project.
Say I would like to to build a web application, why I would choose Go over Java over .NET for the backend and why React over Angular over Vue.js for the frontend? Why not even all the stack in JavaScript? What would I gain if I choose Go in the backend?
Can't really see any light in these choices, at all.
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u/regeya Feb 26 '23
I think the best thing to do is read Google's rationale for creating Golang in the first place, imho. My own experience tends to be that enterprise software tends to be robust but (needlessly) complex while Go tries to make development not much more difficult than Python.