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Can anyone recommend Go learning resources for someone coming from a c# background?

by kzisme 10y ago

geodel 10y ago
I'd say tour.golang.org is quite good. But the most important thing I feel for C# devs is to know that there is no Visual Studio like fancy IDE for Go. People may be debate merits/demerits of this situation with valid arguments. However if you are in everything IDE camp Go might just not suit you.
- towndrunk 10y ago
  Intellij has one in the works. You can download and run the betas now. https://www.jetbrains.com/go/ https://www.jetbrains.com/go/
- literallycancer 10y ago
  VS Code with the extension has nice autocomplete and navigation features (peek definition and such).
- kzisme 10y ago
  Which editor do you prefer?
  - geodel 10y ago
    I use VIM or Sublime with Go plugin.
    - blhack 10y ago
      +1 for sublime.
    - kzisme 10y ago
      Any specific VIM plugins for Go you can suggest?
      - geodel 10y ago
        https://github.com/fatih/vim-go https://github.com/fatih/vim-go
- mring33621 10y ago
  As a Java guy who has dabbled in Golang and I have had good luck with VSCode IDE + command line for compilation/build options. If you're in Windows, get Git Bash or similar for a unixy command line.
- mattlondon 10y ago
  Visual Studio Code is a free text-only "IDE" with very good support for Go (as well as other things like C#, TypeScript etc etc etc). Autocomplete/Intellisense, peek-/goto-definition, error-highlighting, git-integration, visual debugger, tabs, mini-map, extensions etc etc. Not sure what else you need really? Sure there is no GUI-builder, but then GUI in golang is in a very early stage. I use it a lot for my work (Linux & Mac OSX) and personally at home too (Win10). I am not in any way connected to VS Code or MS, but I think it is a really good editor both for Go, but also for all of the other stuff it supports.
literallycancer 10y ago
I was happy with the GOPL by Kernighan & Donovan, but I'm not a C# person, so I'm not sure what you want to skip/focus on?
mattlondon 10y ago
tour.golang.org is a good start to get familiar with the language's features. After that it is just worth picking a mini-project and getting cracking. The website https://gobyexample.com/ https://gobyexample.com/ is a great place to see some simple, real-world examples once you start to actually try and do something. There will be a lot that is familiar to a C#/Java dev, but also a lot of the stuff you might have got familiar with in C# is missing (famously generics are not there, but also other things like Linq etc has no native equivalent in go, although there are libraries that offer similar functionality). Good luck! :-)
- kzisme 10y ago
  Picking a mini-project (without completely re-inventing the wheel) was the harder part for me - I did start out with tour.golang.org, and just reading their docs too. I'll still checkout https://gobyexample.com/ https://gobyexample.com/ - thanks for the link!
oblio 10y ago
Not that I'm against learning new languages, but your question piqued my interest. Are you thinking about transitioning from C# to Go? If so, is it because you think the language is cool or is it because in your region there are more/better paying Go jobs? I ask this because I can't really imagine someone transitioning from C# to Go, especially these days that dotnet core is available. Hell, I'd first try to transition to F# :) (Yes, I know that these are loaded questions and that I'm biased against Go..., but I think the questions are valid even in these conditions)
- kzisme 10y ago
  I'm still a "recent" grad, so my answer might be a bit strange. I've been doing full time C# for almost 2 years now, and while I enjoy it one of my biggest fears is getting stuck into only knowing one technology/stack. I don't have a professional need for using Go currently, but I've always had an interest in learning new languages. Aside from those aspects - the people who implemented and worked on Go (Rob Pike and Ken Thompson in particular) I find very interesting.
  - oblio 10y ago
    If I'd want to diversify I'd probably look away from another Algol-inspired language. That's why I mentioned F#. Go is an extremely practical language, maybe too practical, almost like C#. I'd rather look at something which takes a different approach, something which includes programming language research from the 90s, at least :)
    - kzisme 10y ago
      So - functional languages are what you are referring to then? My goal was/is to find something to work on in my spare time using a new language. Just to keep learning as well as broaden my horizons :)
      - oblio 10y ago
        Functional languages and advanced type systems.
sAbakumoff 10y ago
Golang is really, really easy to learn. And as always the key is practicing. Just pick up some medium size project and start building it. Stack overflow will help with the learning curve. This is how I learned to love Golang having 10+ years c# background.
- kzisme 10y ago
  What sort of mini-projects have you done thus far? That's the biggest hurdle I've been trying to overcome currently with learning Go (or any new language). Other than re-writing small problems, but that isn't terribly exciting.
  - sAbakumoff 10y ago
    There was a nice example of such a project recently in HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073042

Can anyone recommend Go learning resources for someone coming from a c# background?

by kzisme 10y ago

Can anyone recommend Go learning resources for someone coming from a c# background?

I'd say tour.golang.org is quite good. But the most important thing I feel for C# devs is to know that there is no Visual Studio like fancy IDE for Go. People may be debate merits/demerits of this situation with valid arguments. However if you are in everything IDE camp Go might just not suit you.

towndrunk 10y ago
Intellij has one in the works. You can download and run the betas now. https://www.jetbrains.com/go/ https://www.jetbrains.com/go/
literallycancer 10y ago
VS Code with the extension has nice autocomplete and navigation features (peek definition and such).
kzisme 10y ago
Which editor do you prefer?
- geodel 10y ago
  I use VIM or Sublime with Go plugin.
  - blhack 10y ago
    +1 for sublime.
  - kzisme 10y ago
    Any specific VIM plugins for Go you can suggest?
    - geodel 10y ago
      https://github.com/fatih/vim-go https://github.com/fatih/vim-go
mring33621 10y ago
As a Java guy who has dabbled in Golang and I have had good luck with VSCode IDE + command line for compilation/build options. If you're in Windows, get Git Bash or similar for a unixy command line.
mattlondon 10y ago
Visual Studio Code is a free text-only "IDE" with very good support for Go (as well as other things like C#, TypeScript etc etc etc). Autocomplete/Intellisense, peek-/goto-definition, error-highlighting, git-integration, visual debugger, tabs, mini-map, extensions etc etc. Not sure what else you need really? Sure there is no GUI-builder, but then GUI in golang is in a very early stage. I use it a lot for my work (Linux & Mac OSX) and personally at home too (Win10). I am not in any way connected to VS Code or MS, but I think it is a really good editor both for Go, but also for all of the other stuff it supports.

literallycancer 10y ago

I was happy with the GOPL by Kernighan & Donovan, but I'm not a C# person, so I'm not sure what you want to skip/focus on?

mattlondon 10y ago

tour.golang.org is a good start to get familiar with the language's features. After that it is just worth picking a mini-project and getting cracking. The website https://gobyexample.com/ https://gobyexample.com/ is a great place to see some simple, real-world examples once you start to actually try and do something. There will be a lot that is familiar to a C#/Java dev, but also a lot of the stuff you might have got familiar with in C# is missing (famously generics are not there, but also other things like Linq etc has no native equivalent in go, although there are libraries that offer similar functionality). Good luck! :-)

kzisme 10y ago
Picking a mini-project (without completely re-inventing the wheel) was the harder part for me - I did start out with tour.golang.org, and just reading their docs too. I'll still checkout https://gobyexample.com/ https://gobyexample.com/ - thanks for the link!

oblio 10y ago

Not that I'm against learning new languages, but your question piqued my interest. Are you thinking about transitioning from C# to Go? If so, is it because you think the language is cool or is it because in your region there are more/better paying Go jobs? I ask this because I can't really imagine someone transitioning from C# to Go, especially these days that dotnet core is available. Hell, I'd first try to transition to F# :) (Yes, I know that these are loaded questions and that I'm biased against Go..., but I think the questions are valid even in these conditions)

kzisme 10y ago
I'm still a "recent" grad, so my answer might be a bit strange. I've been doing full time C# for almost 2 years now, and while I enjoy it one of my biggest fears is getting stuck into only knowing one technology/stack. I don't have a professional need for using Go currently, but I've always had an interest in learning new languages. Aside from those aspects - the people who implemented and worked on Go (Rob Pike and Ken Thompson in particular) I find very interesting.
- oblio 10y ago
  If I'd want to diversify I'd probably look away from another Algol-inspired language. That's why I mentioned F#. Go is an extremely practical language, maybe too practical, almost like C#. I'd rather look at something which takes a different approach, something which includes programming language research from the 90s, at least :)
  - kzisme 10y ago
    So - functional languages are what you are referring to then? My goal was/is to find something to work on in my spare time using a new language. Just to keep learning as well as broaden my horizons :)
    - oblio 10y ago
      Functional languages and advanced type systems.

sAbakumoff 10y ago

Golang is really, really easy to learn. And as always the key is practicing. Just pick up some medium size project and start building it. Stack overflow will help with the learning curve. This is how I learned to love Golang having 10+ years c# background.

kzisme 10y ago
What sort of mini-projects have you done thus far? That's the biggest hurdle I've been trying to overcome currently with learning Go (or any new language). Other than re-writing small problems, but that isn't terribly exciting.
- sAbakumoff 10y ago
  There was a nice example of such a project recently in HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073042