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title: FromXToGo
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This page links to blog posts, videos, and slide decks discussing moving a code base to Go from some other language.

## Python
* [Disqus: Trying out this Go thing](https://blog.disqus.com/trying-out-this-go-thing)
* [Rackspace: Making OpenStack-Powered Rackspace Cloud Files Buzz With Hummingbird](https://blog.rackspace.com/making-openstack-powered-rackspace-cloud-files-buzz-with-hummingbird/)
* [Repustate: From Python to Go: migrating our entire API](https://www.repustate.com/blog/migrating-entire-api-go-python/)
* [Spacemonkey: Python to Go](https://www.spacemonkey.com/blog/posts/go-space-monkey)
* [Why I went from Python to Go (and not node.js)](http://jordanorelli.com/post/31533769172/why-i-went-from-python-to-go-and-not-nodejs)
* [How to Convince Your Company to Go With Golang](https://sendgrid.com/blog/convince-company-go-golang/)
* [5 Reasons Why We switched from Python To Go](https://medium.com/@tigranbs/5-reasons-why-we-switched-from-python-to-go-4414d5f42690)
* [Stream: Why we switched from Python to Go](https://getstream.io/blog/switched-python-go)
* [Code Migration in Production: Rewriting the Sharding Layer of Uber’s Schemaless Datastore](https://eng.uber.com/schemaless-rewrite/)
* [Learning Go by porting a medium-sized web backend from Python](https://benhoyt.com/writings/learning-go/)

## Node

* [Digg](https://medium.com/@theflapjack103/the-way-of-the-gopher-6693db15ae1f#.yw5lk8t25)
* [Uber](https://www.infoq.com/articles/podcast-matt-ranney) (audio)
* [Apex/TJ Holowaychuk](https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/farewell-node-js-4ba9e7f3e52b#.3hjxf6pbp)
* [ScaleDrone migrated all websocket servers from Node.js to Go](http://blog.scaledrone.com/posts/nodejs-to-go)
* [From Node.js To Go, Why One Startup Made The Switch](http://thenewstack.io/from-node-js-to-go-why-one-startup-made-the-switch/)
* [Why did Koding switch from Node.js to Go?](https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Koding-switch-from-Node-js-to-Go)
* [Letting Go of Node.js](http://blog.davebalmer.com/letting-go-of-node-js/)
* [Our Experience with Golang](https://www.upguard.com/blog/our-experience-with-golang)
* [Interview with Steve Kaliski, CTO of Bowery - The tech stack that powers Bowery, Moving from Node.js to Go lang and more](https://hashnode.com/post/interview-with-steve-kaliski-cto-of-bowery-the-tech-stack-that-powers-bowery-moving-from-nodejs-to-go-lang-and-more-ciibz8dmn001lj3xt468g5k78)

## C++

* [dl.google.com](https://talks.golang.org/2013/oscon-dl.slide#1) by Brad Fitzpatrick
* [Flywheel: Google's mobile image compression proxy](http://matt-welsh.blogspot.nl/2013/08/rewriting-large-production-system-in-go.html)
* [Fulfilling a Pikedream: the ups of downs of porting 50k lines of C++ to Go](https://togototo.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/fulfilling-a-pikedream-the-ups-of-downs-of-porting-50k-lines-of-c-to-go/)

## Ruby

* [Book: From Ruby to Golang](https://leanpub.com/rb2go)
* [Toggl: Moving to Go](https://blog.toggl.com/2012/09/moving-to-go/)
* [Iron.io: How We Went from 30 Servers to 2: Go](https://www.iron.io/how-we-went-from-30-servers-to-2-go/)
* [Parse: How We Moved Our API From Ruby to Go and Saved Our Sanity](http://blog.parse.com/learn/how-we-moved-our-api-from-ruby-to-go-and-saved-our-sanity/)
* [Timehop: Why Timehop Chose Go to Replace Our Rails App](https://medium.com/building-timehop/why-timehop-chose-go-to-replace-our-rails-app-2855ea1912d)
* [Scout App: FROM RUBY TO GO: A REWRITE FOR THE FUTURE](http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2014/09/25/from-ruby-to-go-a-rewrite-for-the-future)
* [Steven Yue: From Ruby's Grape to Martini in Go for Building Web API Server](http://stevenyue.com/blogs/from-rubys-grape-to-martini-in-go-for-building-web-api-server/)
* [Soundcloud: Go at Soundcloud](https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/go-at-soundcloud)
* [My impressions of Go](http://blog.bensigelman.org/post/56158760736/golang-impressions)
* [Our Experience with Golang](https://www.upguard.com/blog/our-experience-with-golang)
* [Rewriting our web analytics tracking infrastructure in Go](https://engineering.skroutz.gr/blog/rewriting-web-analytics-tracking-in-go/)

## Java
* [From Java to Go](https://gquintana.github.io/2017/01/15/From-Java-to-Go.html)
* [Why one developer switched from Java to Google Go](http://www.javaworld.com/article/2459212/scripting-jvm-languages/why-one-developer-switched-from-java-to-google-go.html)

## Common Lisp
* [A comparison of three programming languages for a full-fledged next-generation sequencing tool](https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-019-2903-5)
* [Comparing Ease of Programming in C++, Go, and Java for Implementing a Next-Generation Sequencing Tool](https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1176934319869015)

## .NET
* [Why I Left the .NET Framework](http://blog.jonathanoliver.com/why-i-left-dot-net/)

## Scala
* [CrowdStrike: Moving a Team from Scala to Go](http://jimplush.com/talk/2015/12/19/moving-a-team-from-scala-to-golang/)
* [Making the move from Scala to Go, and why we’re not going back](https://movio.co/blog/migrate-Scala-to-Go/)

## PHP
* [Switching from PHP to Go (read comments section)](https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/3wfnru/switching_from_php_to_go/)
* [A Journey into Microservices](https://sudo.hailoapp.com/services/2015/03/09/journey-into-a-microservice-world-part-1/)
* [ARDUINO WEB ARCHITECTURE, BACK TO THE FUTURE](https://blog.arduino.cc/2015/04/16/arduino-web-architecture-back-to-the-future/)
* [Marco switched to GoLang from PHP and Saved Money, why not you ?!](http://phpmagazine.net/2015/02/marco-switched-to-golang-from-php-and-saved-money-why-not-you.html)
* [Moving from PHP (Laravel) to Go](https://dannyvankooten.com/laravel-to-golang/)
* [When All You Have is an ElePHPant (Slides from ConFoo 2016)](https://www.ramblinations.com/when-all-you-have-is-an-elephpant)

## Perl
* [How We Migrate From Perl to Golang](https://medium.com/@alvintz.v/how-we-migrate-from-perl-to-golang-1520a4951392)

## Haskell
* [Golang’s Real-time GC in Theory and Practice](https://blog.pusher.com/golangs-real-time-gc-in-theory-and-practice/)

## Clojure
* [Rewriting an API Gateway Service from Clojure to Golang: AppsFlyer Experience Report](https://www.infoq.com/articles/api-gateway-clojure-golang)