go-quickstart

go-quickstart

Quick setup and running of Golang backend service on Google App Engine.

Requirements

1. Git
2. Go compiler
3. Google App Engine SDK for Go

Quick steps

1. Install and the requirement softwares.

2. Make sure GOROOT and GOPATH is setup correctly.

3. Get the go-quickstart source code and its dependencies. By running the below commands

   go get github.com/iamjay/go-quickstart
   go get github.com/gorilla/context
   go get github.com/gorilla/mux
   go get github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go
   

4. Run the app locally using Google App Engine SDK for Go.

   goapp serve appengine
   

5. Create a new project on Google Cloud Platform.

6. Change application name in appengine/app.yaml from go-quickstart to be your new project.

7. Deploy

   goapp deploy appengine