Microservices: Golang
Continuing our Microservices article series, this week we are taking a look at Golang for modern architecture.
How does Golang benefit the modern-day enterprise?
Microservice architecture has autonomous segments which carry out business capacities. Regularly, microservices development is received for scaling an application [2], which makes Golang entirely appropriate.
Go has not changed much since it went public in 2009 and has made it backwards compatible giving it an upper hand on other languages. Golang is also capable of combining microservices along with upgraded API authentication and authorization [1]. Microservices written in Go allow multiple services that can be easily managed, and faster development of apps in a less complex manner [1].
Which enterprises have been impacted by Golang and how?
Several leading enterprise corporations have reaped the benefits of Golang. Uber uses Go for their geofence service which defines areas with special requirements like an airport and the dynamic prices that go along with it. This service has been running continuously for 99.9% of the time since its commissioning, and if rare downtime occurred, it was due to third-party libraries. American Express also uses Golang to make its payments and rewards framework secure and scalable; since the majority of developers for American Express were well versed with Golang, they were able to build microservices, collect and aggregate real-time events, and create apps. Netflix uses Go for optimized server loading and data processing allowing Netflix to handle millions of customer connections at the same time [3].
Preparing for what's next
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By: Haley Graven and Jessica Delaney
References:
- Cmarix (2021). “Why Should You Write Your Next Microservice Using Golang?” https://www.cmarix.com/blog/why-you-should-write-your-next-microservice-using-golang/
- Rajendran, Ranju (2021). “Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Use Golang.” https://www.sayonetech.com/blog/top-5-reasons-why-you-should-use-golang/
- ?Safi, Rutva (2020). “What are the top business use cases of Golang?” https://www.softwebsolutions.com/resources/top-business-use-cases-of-golang.html
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