Google unveiled GoLang around eight years ago, and while it’s one of the fastest growing programming languages around, it’s yet to really make any traction outside of a few niche areas. To try and change this state of affairs, Google has just announced Go Cloud — a set of libraries that makes it easier to build cloud-based applications with the Go language.

Go Cloud offers a set of generic APIs for accessing common cloud storage tools, as well as MySQL support, and a more sophisticated web server that includes built-in logging, tracing, and health checking. Right now, the emphasis is on AWS and Google Cloud, although I wouldn’t be surprised to see Microsoft Azure support later down the line.

Ultimately, the goal of Go Cloud is to save developers time. Right now, every time they wanted to build a cloud app with Go, they’d have to cobble together existing libraries into some inelegant package, or re-invent the wheel every time. That made it a less attractive option, especially compared to other more mature languages.

And if it ultimately helps to improve adoption of GoLang, I doubt Google will complain.

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