Recruitment_Backend

Used in conjuction with Recruitment_iOS.

A little background on the Go runtime for App Engine.

A few things to note:

Go doesn't need to be installed on the system for development; the App Engine SDK is self-contained. (Unless you want to download 3rd party libraries automatically, which we do.)
App Engine programs are run on a single thread. Goroutines and channels are supported, but they can't be parallelized. Multiple goroutines may run concurrently if the current routine is waiting on an external resource. (Multi-threaded support is expected in the future.)
The source is uploaded to the App Engine and compiled there. (Go is the only compiled language on the App Engine.)

Local Build Instructions

Install Go (Don't forget to add to PATH.)
```
brew install go
```
Install Google App Engine SDK for Go (Don't forget to add to PATH.)

Create working dir

mkdir backend-api
cd backend-api
mkdir src bin pkg
cd src

Clone this repo

If your github account has SSH set up:

git clone git@github.com:SellJamHere/Recruitment_Backend.git src

Otherwise:

git clone https://github.com/SellJamHere/Recruitment_Backend.git src

Set GOPATH
```
cd ../
export GOPATH=`pwd`
```
Get Dependencies (Only needed the first time unless you add a new dep)
```
go get ./...
```
Run
```
goapp serve ./src
```

Deploy to Google App Engine

Deploy
```
goapp deploy ./src
```
Enter email/password at prompt
- If terminal outputs "Use an application-specific password instead of your regular account password.", visit App passwords, and generate a new password.

Important Notes

Workspace Structure

Your workspace should be structured as follows:

backend-api/
  |bin/
  |pkg/
  |src/
    |app.yaml
    |backend/         <-- this source directory
    |github.com/      <-- libs from github
    |other_site.com/  <-- libs from another site

app.yaml contains runtime information for App Engine. It lives one directory above the source files. Source files you write are in the backend/ directory. When running go get, code will be downloaded into an appropriate directory, ie github libraries to github.com.

3rd Party Libs and .gitignore

Downloaded 3rd party libs need to be ignored. Each directory containing 3rd party libs must be added to .gitignore.