Development with Go for SQL Server 101

2022

TL; DR

In this session, learn the basics of using the cloud-native language Go and how to efficiently access database systems with it.

Session Details

Go (also known as Golang) is the language in which Docker and Kubernetes were developed. As one of the most popular trending programming languages in recent years, virtually everyone has heard of it. In this session, you will learn compactly the essential basics and concepts of the language and how to use it to interact with your favorite database system. We will look at structures, interfaces, and built-in concurrent programming functions, among other things. Furthermore, we will talk about the connectivity of the SQL Server and other database systems. In addition, we will see how to use Go as a cloud-native language in Azure efficiently. At the end of this session, you should clearly understand how to get started with Go.

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