dustyfrazier/go-sampleapp

Install Golang

brew install go

Configure Golang

First create the Golang directory structure.

mkdir -p ~/go/{bin,src,pkg}

Add GOPATH environment variable.

cat << EOF >>~/.bash_profile
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=\$PATH:\${GOPATH}/bin
EOF

Install gb

Install gb to manage dependencies http://getgb.io

source ~/.bash_profile
go get github.com/constabulary/gb/...

Add gofmt to Vim

It's recommended to run gofmt as a post job when saving files, here is the required syntax for Vim. This make's sure your code follows the standardized formating.

cat << EOF >>~/.vimrc
au BufWritePost *.go !gofmt -w %
EOF

Create go-sampleapp

mkdir -p ~/code/go-sampleapp
cd ~/code/go-sampleapp
git init

Create Makefile

Create Makefile.

cat << EOF | unexpand >Makefile
all: build

clean:
        rm -rf pkg bin

test: clean
        gb test

build: test
        gb build all

update:
        gb vendor update --all
EOF

Add go-sampleapp

Copy the sample application from this repository.

git clone https://github.com/mickep76/go-sampleapp.git ~/code/go-sampleapp-gh
cp -r ~/code/go-sampleapp-gh/src .

Vendor third-party packages

gb vendor fetch github.com/Sirupsen/logrus
gb vendor fetch github.com/jessevdk/go-flags
gb vendor fetch gopkg.in/yaml.v2
gb vendor fetch github.com/BurntSushi/toml

Build application

make

Test application

cp -r ~/code/go-sampleapp-gh/examples .
bin/go-sampleapp -h
bin/go-sampleapp -v -f examples/sample.yaml
bin/go-sampleapp -v -f examples/sample.json
bin/go-sampleapp -v -f examples/sample.toml

Activate git hooks

First install golint.

go get -u github.com/golang/lint/golint

Now download the githooks and activate them.

cp -r ~/code/go-sampleapp-gh/.githooks .
.githooks/activate

If you want to skip the hooks just use "--no-verify".