2024 Update: Since I wrote this article lots have changed both in how I structure things but also the libraries available (like sqlc, templ) in the ecosystem. I still this has some value for newcomers as it discusses some code architectural concepts that are healthy to know. However, I will write a follow-up soon that discusses the layout and reasons, based on my project Grafto.
This is the repository for my article on how to structure Golang applications. It can be found here.
The purpose is to show newcomers to Go how structure their applications.
You don't need much the run this application. It has the following installed on your computer:
- Golang 1.15+
- PostgreSQL
Clone the repository and change the connectionString variable on line 26 in main.go to the following: "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost/NAME-OF-YOUR-DATABASE-HERE?sslmode=disable"
After that, just run go run cmd/server/main.go from your terminal
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