Go Developer

Guide for writing production-quality Go 1.25+ projects following current best practices.

Structure: This file contains rules, guidelines, and compact examples. For full code examples and deep dives, see the files in references/. Consult them when you need implementation details beyond what's shown here.

Version Support

This guide covers:

• Go 1.25+: Base requirements and common features (all sections below)
• Go 1.25: Runtime, tooling, and stdlib improvements → See references/go-1.25-features.md
• Go 1.26: Language changes, GC improvements, new packages → See references/go-1.26-features.md

Feature Version Matrix