The world of software development is an ice berg. There is always more below the surface. When I started into programming, I didn’t know enough to not know what I didn’t know. But don’t let that get too overwhelming for you. As developers, we can stand on the shoulders of amazing developers that have come before us. How do we do this? Well by leveraging libraries, specifically libraries provided under an Open Source License.
Before you can get started in game development, you need to learn the syntax of our language of choice, go. In this post we’ll be covering the basics of go’s syntax. From what syntax even is, variables and data types, and how we represent them in our code. What is Syntax? If you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking what is syntax? When I first started development, I had that question myself.