golang-starter

Golang starter

An application continuum style example using Golang that includes a single web application with 2 background workers.

• Basic web application
• Data analyzer
• Data collector

The example showcases on the below technologies -

• Language golang Golang
• Web Framework Gorilla/mux
• Build tool Golang
• Testing tools Testify
• Production Google's Cloud Platform

Getting Started

Install the following prerequisites.

• Go 1.20
• Pack
• Docker Desktop
• Postgresql

For local development

Create a user and database.

psql postgres < databases/create_databases.sql

Run the tests.

go clean -testcache && go test ./...

Run the apps locally.

go run cmd/basicwebapp/app.go

Build and run the apps locally.

go install cmd/basicwebapp/app.go
~/go/bin/app

For docker

Build with Pack.

pack build golang-starter --builder paketobuildpacks/builder:tiny

Modify you local database file permissions.

chmod 775 ./databases/docker/initdb.d/create-databases.sh
chmod 775 ./databases/docker/migrate-databases.sh

Run with docker compose.

docker-compose up

That's a wrap for now.