question-answer

Question Answer Web Application

A web application built with Go that provides a platform for questions and answers. This project uses the Gin web framework and implements session-based authentication.

Project Structure

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├── controllers/    # Request handlers and business logic
├── globals/       # Global variables and configurations
├── middleware/    # Custom middleware functions
├── models/        # Data models and database schemas
├── routes/        # Route definitions and grouping
├── service/       # Business service layer
├── templates/     # HTML templates (.gohtml files)
├── main.go        # Application entry point
├── go.mod         # Go module dependencies
└── go.sum         # Go module checksum file

Technologies Used

• Go - Programming language
• Gin - Web framework
• Gin Sessions - Session management
• HTML Templates - Server-side rendering

Prerequisites

• Go 1.16 or higher
• Environment variables:
  • PORT: The port number for the server to listen on

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/emre-guler/question-answer.git
   

2. Install dependencies:

   go mod download
   

3. Set up environment variables:

   export PORT=8080
   

4. Run the application:

   go run main.go
   

The application will start on localhost:PORT.

Features

• Public and private routes
• Session-based authentication
• Static file serving
• HTML template rendering
• Middleware support

Project Structure Details

• controllers/: Contains the request handlers that process incoming HTTP requests
• globals/: Stores global variables and configuration settings
• middleware/: Custom middleware including authentication checks
• models/: Data structures and database models
• routes/: Route definitions split into public and private groups
• service/: Business logic layer
• templates/: GoHTML templates for rendering views

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request