Concurrency in Go: How Goroutines, Channels, and WaitGroups Transform Your Code

Maneesha Indrachapa
14 min readJul 21, 2024

Imagine your program can handle many tasks at once without slowing down. Go makes this possible with goroutines, wait groups, and channels. Goroutines lets you run functions concurrently, waitgroups help you manage these tasks, and channels make communication between them easy. These tools can make your code faster and more efficient. Let’s explore how you can use goroutines, wait groups, and channels to improve your programs. Lets first check what is synchronous and concurrenct programming.

What is Synchronous Programming?
In synchronous programming, tasks are executed one after another in a strict sequence. Each task must complete before the next one begins. In Synchronous programming,
- Operations are blocking, meaning the system waits for each task to finish before moving to the next one.
- The flow of execution is straightforward and predictable.

What is Asynchronous Programming?
Asynchronous programming is a paradigm where tasks can start and proceed independently of each other. It allows the system to initiate a task and then move on to other tasks without waiting for the first one to complete.In Asynchronous programming,
- Operations are non-blocking, meaning tasks can proceed without waiting for…

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