The New Stack Podcast

Mike Gehard, Pivotal: A Journey From Ruby to Go

Episode Summary

This talk leads you on a journey that starts with an explanation of my personal journey into the Go community and hopefully ends with you taking the plunge yourself. Along the way, we will talk about why Rubyists should consider Go as the next language to learn, give some concrete steps on how to get started learning the language and demonstrate some of the differences between the languages that tend to cause Rubyists to struggle.

Episode Notes

This talk leads you on a journey that starts with an explanation of my personal journey into the Go community and hopefully ends with you taking the plunge yourself. Along the way, we will talk about why Rubyists should consider Go as the next language to learn, give some concrete steps on how to get started learning the language and demonstrate some of the differences between the languages that tend to cause Rubyists to struggle.