How would you convince a newbie that learning Go would be better than C++ in 2022?

• gRPC

  201 40,685 9.9 C++

  The C based gRPC (C++, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, PHP, C#)

  

The standard library features all you need for backend development (networking, http, json, yaml, etc.) and there is usually a very well know library that does the heavy lifting for you (https://gin-gonic.com/ for web APIs for instance, or https://grpc.io/ for RPC APIs, etc.)

• Gin

  152 75,354 8.5 Go

  Gin is a HTTP web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a Martini-like API with much better performance -- up to 40 times faster. If you need smashing performance, get yourself some Gin.

  

The standard library features all you need for backend development (networking, http, json, yaml, etc.) and there is usually a very well know library that does the heavy lifting for you (https://gin-gonic.com/ for web APIs for instance, or https://grpc.io/ for RPC APIs, etc.)

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Ebiten

  53 9,805 9.8 Go

  Ebitengine - A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

As others mentioned, the language is perfect for the backend, but you could do pretty much anything you'd like with it, including game development for instance with https://ebiten.org/

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