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"Go" language is so freaking awesome!

Not all that I do is plain Domino. As you might now I am working on Linux projects which are mostly related to Domino but don't run directly on Domino.

"If you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail". If you have a toolbox with the right set of tools, you can choose the right tool for each task.

I wrote a type of setup application in C++ to host generate certs, host web resources, process forms and manipulate JSON.

This required OpenSSL and RapidJSON and was quite complex.
I decided to take a look at GO and rewrote the whole project (and more) with like 600 lines of code.

Go is pretty awesome and so easier than C/C++.

OK creating a CA and certificates in the right way isn't easy but still much easier than in C.

• Reading, creating and updating JSON is pretty simple and out of the box
• Hosting web resources is just a couple of lines of code to how static files
   

I am really impressed about Go. It's well designed and has a lot of functionality that just makes sense.

Go comes with a run-time but also can statically compiled.

On Linux you can just use gccgo. It can bundle everything needed to run the application in a single executable.

If I can publish it, there will be also instructions to compile and run on Linux and Windows.

-- Daniel

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