| Go.dev: a new hub for Go developers |
| 13 Nov 2019 |
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| Steve Francia and Julie Qiu |
| julieqiu@golang.org |
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| * Introduction |
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| Over the last two years, |
| as we’ve spoken with users at companies of all sizes, |
| we’ve heard three questions repeatedly: |
| who else is using Go, |
| what do they use it for, |
| and how can I find useful Go packages? |
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| Today we are launching [[https://go.dev][go.dev]], a new hub for Go developers, |
| to help answer those questions. |
| There you will find a wealth of learning resources to get started with the language, |
| featured use cases, and case studies of companies using Go. |
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| .image go.dev/home.png _ 850 |
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| (Note that [[https://golang.org/][golang.org]] is still the home for the |
| open source Go project and the Go distribution. |
| Go.dev is a companion site to provide these supporting resources.) |
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| Clicking on Explore brings you to [[https://pkg.go.dev/][pkg.go.dev]], |
| a central source of information about Go packages and modules. |
| Like [[https://godoc.org/][godoc.org]], pkg.go.dev serves Go documentation. |
| However, it also understands modules and has information |
| about all versions of a package, including |
| [[https://pkg.go.dev/std?tab=versions][all releases of the standard library]]! |
| And it detects and displays licenses and has a better search algorithm. |
| You can follow |
| [[https://golang.org/issue/33654][Go issue 33654]] for future developments. |
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| .image go.dev/http.png _ 850 |
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| Today’s launch is our minimum viable product for go.dev, |
| so we can share what we’ve built to help the community and get feedback. |
| We intend to expand the site over time. |
| If you have any ideas, suggestions or issues, |
| please let us know via the “Share Feedback” and “Report an Issue” links at the bottom of every page. |
| Or you can send your bugs, ideas, feature requests, and questions to |
| [[mailto:go-discovery-feedback@google.com][go-discovery-feedback@google.com]]. |
