Lecture

Go Programming Language: Origin Story & Error Handling

Description

This lecture covers the origin story of the Go programming language, created by Google engineers who disliked C++. It explores the reasons behind Go's development, such as the need for a high-performance language with better usability, parallelism, and memory management. Additionally, it delves into error handling in Go, emphasizing the importance of handling errors effectively in production software. The lecture also discusses the error type in Go, how to create and handle errors, and best practices for error handling. Concurrency concepts like channels, goroutines, and mutexes are introduced, along with practical examples and tools for debugging concurrent code.

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