Might Go actually be OOP?

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

A conversation with Ronna Steinberg, who was an OOP developer for many years, and now is a Go Google Developer Expert. Ronna has been thinking about Go and OOP for awhile, asking herself whether or not Go is an object oriented programming language. Tune in to find out her answer and hear some of the options gophers have for object oriented design.

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Featuring:

• Ronna Steinberg – Twitter, GitHub
• Natalie Pistunovich – Twitter, GitHub
• Ian Lopshire – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

• Ronna’s GopherCon EU workshop
• Rob Pike is critical of OOP

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1. Opener (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Square (00:00:27)

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3. Intro (00:02:04)

4. Segment 1 (00:02:45)

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6. Segment 2 (00:19:58)

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9. Segment 3 (00:38:06)

10. Unpopular Opinions (00:53:25)

11. Goodbye (00:55:36)

12. Outro (00:55:51)