Faster programming language

Go is Fast Because Go is compiled to machine code, it will naturally outperform languages that are interpreted or have virtual runtimes. Go programs also compile extremely fast, and the resulting binary is very small. Our API compiles in seconds and produces an executable file that is 11.5 MB.

js is an extensively used technology to build high speed and robust applications . Based on Google’s V8 JavaScript engine, also known as the Chrome browser runtime, Node. However, for new-age applications, we need to ensure that applications work faster than usual. …

So, the short answer is “yes”, you definitely can use the Go programming language in place of JavaScript . But you need to understand the fact that JavaScript is not just the language to develop websites.

In Node JS, error handling can be inconsistent at times. But, it offers better and clear error handling than Golang with common throw-catch handling technique . And the best part is that a lot of web developers are already familiar with this technique.

Our decision was to replace GoLang with NodeJS . This addressed all our issues which really centered on speed and cost. NodeJS has a larger market of engineers available than GoLang. Experienced NodeJS engineers are much cheaper than GoLang engineers.

Go is a great language, but it is based on a different paradigm than javaScript (strongly typed, compiled, pointers). Node will be much easier for you to pick up and has a larger set of well used libraries that can help you do things that you’ll likely have to build on your own using Go.