The 2025 Go Developer Survey reveals that 91% of developers are satisfied with Go, primarily valuing its holistic platform approach, standard library, and tooling. Key challenges include identifying best practices, missing language features from other ecosystems (especially error handling and enums), and finding trustworthy modules. Most developers now use AI-powered tools for learning and repetitive tasks, though satisfaction is middling due to code quality concerns. Surprisingly, 15-25% of developers frequently need documentation for core go commands, indicating room for improvement in the help system. The survey also shows decreased entry-level adoption and continued dominance of VS Code and GoLand as preferred editors.
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Sections ¶Who did we hear from? ¶How do people feel about Go? ¶What are people building with Go? ¶What are the biggest challenges facing Go developers? ¶What does their development environment look like? ¶Closing ¶Survey methodology ¶Sort: