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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:(strongly disagree, disagree, somewhat disagree, neutral, somewhat agree, agree, strongly agree)3,094 (1, 2, 5, 6, 27, 32, 12%)I have a good understanding of Go best practices. (9.6:1)3,083 (0, 1, 3, 4, 17, 41, 20%)I am able to quickly find answers to my questions. (20:1)3,053 (0, 0, 1, 2, 7, 32, 42%)Go's performance meets my needs. (57:1)2,523 (1, 3, 5, 14, 15, 26, 8%)Go's support for language interoperability meets my needs. (6.0:1)3,049 (1, 2, 6, 7, 24, 34, 11%)I am able to quickly find libraries that I need. (7.5:1)3,083 (1, 2, 4, 5, 18, 37, 20%)Go language, library, and tool documentation meet my needs. (11:1)

What Go libraries do you need that aren't available today?208 (5.8%)gui144 (4.0%)library121 (3.4%)libraries63 (1.8%)native60 (1.7%)ui53 (1.5%)good33 (0.9%)orm33 (0.9%)standard33 (0.9%)web32 (0.9%)framework32 (0.9%)gui library31 (0.9%)mobile28 (0.8%)android28 (0.8%)database28 (0.8%)desktop28 (0.8%)libs28 (0.8%)sql26 (0.7%)cross platform25 (0.7%)processing25 (0.7%)xml24 (0.7%)api24 (0.7%)machine learning24 (0.7%)official24 (0.7%)windows23 (0.6%)soap22 (0.6%)toolkit21 (0.6%)pdf21 (0.6%)python20 (0.6%)bindings20 (0.6%)graphics20 (0.6%)package2,498 (69.5%)No response

What changes would most improve the Go documentation?512 (14%)examples300  (8%)more examples134  (4%)documentation69  (2%)example62  (2%)docs49  (1%)godoc34  (1%)usage32  (1%)functions32  (1%)package31  (1%)good29  (1%)function29  (1%)great29  (1%)packages29  (1%)search28  (1%)cases26  (1%)best practices26  (1%)libraries23  (1%)doc23  (1%)more example22  (1%)code examples21  (1%)syntax20  (1%)interface2,532 (70%)No response

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:(strongly disagree, disagree, somewhat disagree, neutral, somewhat agree, agree, strongly agree)3,002 (1, 2, 6, 7, 23, 34, 11%)I am able to effectively diagnose bugs in my Go programs. (7.2:1)2,725 (1, 2, 6, 13, 22, 24, 7%)I am able to effectively diagnose performance issues in my Go programs. (5.8:1)2,932 (1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 33, 22%)I am able to effectively use Go's concurrency features (goroutines, channels, select). (14:1)2,801 (2, 5, 11, 14, 23, 18, 5%)I am able to effectively debug uses of Go's concurrency features (goroutines, channels, select). (2.7:1)

Rank the following in terms of where you get Go answers from: (ordered choice, up to 5)2,226 (23, 18, 12, 7, 3%)Stack Overflow2,101 (30, 15, 8, 4, 1%)golang.org1,814 (13, 17, 12, 7, 2%)Reading source code (e.g., standard library, open-source packages)1,200 (3, 8, 12, 7, 4%)GitHub854 (3, 7, 7, 5, 3%)golang-nuts mailing list (groups.google.com/d/forum/golang-nuts)682 (2, 3, 5, 5, 3%)Reddit (r/golang)630 (3, 4, 5, 3, 2%)Coworkers334 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2%)Gopher Slack (invite.slack.golangbridge.org)214 (1, 1, 2, 1, 1%)Friends161 (0, 0, 1, 1, 1%)Twitter156 (1, 1, 1, 1, 0%)IRC126 (0, 1, 1, 1, 1%)Go Forum (forum.golangbridge.org)262 (2, 2, 1, 1, 1%)Other643 (18%)No response

Rank the following in terms of where you get Go news from: (ordered choice, up to 5)1,659 (17, 14, 9, 4, 2%)blog.Golang.org1,153 (17, 8, 4, 2, 1%)Reddit (r/golang)1,053 (14, 8, 4, 3, 1%)Twitter903 (6, 8, 6, 3, 1%)Hacker News777 (9, 6, 4, 2, 0%)Golangweekly.com633 (2, 6, 5, 4, 1%)Community Blogs430 (2, 3, 4, 2, 1%)GitHub418 (3, 3, 3, 2, 1%)golang-nuts mailing list (groups.google.com/d/forum/golang-nuts)394 (3, 3, 3, 1, 1%)Coworkers212 (1, 1, 2, 1, 1%)Gopher Slack (invite.slack.golangbridge.org)203 (1, 2, 1, 1, 1%)Golangnews.com199 (1, 2, 1, 1, 1%)golang-announce (groups.google.com/d/forum/golang-announce)176 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1%)Go Time podcast65 (0, 0, 0, 1, 0%)Go Forum (forum.golangbridge.org)42 (0, 0, 0, 0, 0%)Facebook160 (1, 1, 1, 0, 0%)Other747 (21%)No response

I have attended: (multiple choice)1,315 (37%)None879 (24%)A Go meetup523 (15%)A Go themed conference (GopherCon, GothamGo, etc)276  (8%)A Go remote meetup / online event186  (5%)Go training165  (5%)A technical conference for it's Go content43  (1%)A GoBridge event37  (1%)A Women Who Go event65  (2%)Other993 (28%)No response