This talk will be about what one should consider when choosing a programming language for a new project, some basic principles of Go, and what sort of projects Go is suited to.

I will be talking about the following:

• How to break down a project's business/technical requirements
• Understanding what constraints or freedoms these requirements place on your choice of language
• Determining which language best fits within the given constraints
• An overview of the Go programming language
• Some use cases where Go is suitable language and somewhere it is not