GopherJS, a compiler enabling developers to use Google’s trendy Go language for Web development, is getting something it has never had before: a version number.

With GopherJS, Go code is compiled to JavaScript for execution in browsers. The specific version number revealed this week is 1.7-1, and it requires the latest version of the Go language — the recently released version 1.7.

“It’s highly recommended to be using the latest version of Go and GopherJS, but if you cannot update from Go 1.6 right away, you should continue to use GopherJS on the go1.6 branch,” GopherJS contributing developer Dmitri Shuralyov said.

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