I am excited for this, if only because it might finally give me a random excuse to learn how to write code in Go. Does someone have more context on what the timeline for 'go 1.4' is?
1 - The tour. Seriously, just go through tour.golang.org and...you know Go. From there it's just little tricks and best practices, many covered in 'effective go'
2 - It's a tiny language. That's a plus or minus depending on who you ask.
If you aren't new to programming in general, you can pick up the majority of Go in a day I think.
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/golang-dev/eqBihsj...