Came for the Gopher, stayed for the tools

Dear Gophers ❤️,

it has been a while since we last met before the pandemic. We hope you are all doing well and are adjusting well to the new normal. We want to use this opportunity to relaunch the meetup group and give it a fresh start. Go has seen a lot of changes in the last few years, so there is a lot to catch up on. At the same time, a lot of new faces have joined the community, so we want to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Hence, we want to start with a beginner friendly, but brief talk, get to know each other again and then discuss the level of the next meetups.

Looking forward to seeing you again!

Talk for the evening:

Came for the Gopher, stayed for the tools

If you ask three developers which is the best programming language you will get five answers and a heated discussion about syntax, grammar, type systems, and other sophisticated language features. In our opinion the strongest argument for Go is usually left out of this discussion: The tooling. We guide you through the tools that make Go a pleasure to work with and show you how to use them effectively and highlight differences to other languages. We'll touch on integrated features and tools around dependency management, build, testing, linting, releasing, security and overall quality that make Go a great choice for beginners.

We are generously hosted by QAware GmbH in the new Darmstadt office.