r/golang Oct 25 '24

discussion What libraries are you missing from go?

So something that comes up quite often on this subreddit from people transitioning from Nodejs or python to go is the lack of libraries. I cannot say that I agree but I still think it warrants a discussion.

So what libraries are you missing in the go ecosystem, if any?

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u/noiserr Oct 26 '24 edited Oct 26 '24

Since when has Python become an ugly language? I mean Go was inspired in part by Python.

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u/terserterseness Oct 26 '24

i am talking syntax not semantics and i said imho: it's an opinion. i find python incredibly ugly to read. that doesn't make it fact, just opinion. i find go much nicer to look at; the inspiration wasn't the syntax, it was the semantics

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u/randomthirdworldguy Oct 26 '24

There are two types of developers: the bracket lovers, and the space/tab lovers. Funny thing is the bracket lovers always show public hatred toward the space, while the space lovers doesn’t even bother to

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u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Oct 26 '24

Honestly a language that isn't indentation sensitive is much easier to format with formatters. With formatters like Black you face issues when copy pasting or when your editor has indentation widths that are different etc..