If you’re a Java developer like me, chances are you’ve heard rumblings of the trendy new language that came out of Google: Go. And if, like me, you’re always looking for ways to code faster and better, you may be asking yourself whether any of your existing applications are good candidates to move to Go. While not every Java application should be ported to Go, in many cases, Go is a more productive development framework than Java. There is, therefore, a great deal of value in understanding what Go can do;
Source: Making the Jump to Go: A Guide for Java Developers – DZone Java