Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering
Creating art & visualizations with Go
Feb 27, 2024
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- Combining art & code using Go sparked by blending design & coding conferences.
- Creating diverse visual representations by simplifying complex visuals to fundamental elements in Go.
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Combining Art and Code: The Origin Story of Using Go in Visualizations
The journey of combining art and code using Go began when the speaker attended a conference focusing on blending design and coding. Witnessing the synergy between the two domains sparked their interest in merging art and code. As an IT professional, creating charts and graphs, the speaker realized the power of using code for visualizations. With the introduction of Go in 2009, the speaker embraced its programming language, finding it suitable due to past experience with C. Experimenting with SVG generation in Go led to further exploration.
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