# Why Go — Go (Golang)

Source: https://www.skillbyai.com/en/go/i-why

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## Simplicity, speed, concurrency

**Go** was created at Google for large codebases and networked services. It compiles quickly to a single static binary, has a small language with few ways to do the same thing, garbage collection, built-in concurrency (goroutines and channels), and a strong standard library (HTTP, JSON, crypto, testing). Tooling (formatting, testing, vetting, profiling) ships with the language. Go powers much cloud infrastructure, including Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform.

## Simple language, fast tools

Go is a compiled, statically typed language designed for simplicity, fast builds and concurrency.

![Three ideas: why Go, the toolchain, modules and packages.](assets/figures/go/section-1-map.svg) — Figure 1.1 — Language, toolchain and modules.

## A well-organised workshop

Fewer, well-chosen tools that everyone uses the same way make it easy for any team member to pick up anyone else's work.

## Embrace the conventions

Go favours one formatting style, explicit errors and small interfaces; working with these conventions makes code instantly familiar to other Go developers.

**Quiz:** What does a Go build typically produce?

- [ ] Java bytecode
- [ ] A folder of interpreted scripts
- [x] A single compiled binary
- [ ] A Docker image automatically

*Answer:* A single compiled binary. Static binaries are easy to deploy.