SharpSword is a Bible web app written in Go/Vue with a mobile first focus.
Goals include high performance search (equivalent or faster to native desktop application), and smooth verse navigation.
Live Implementation: https://sharpsword.io
- Fast search with results returned with each keystroke
- Fast navigation using keyboard to any book/chapter/verse
- Mobile first Progressive Web App (PWA) design with responsive layout for desktop
- Verse highlighting and verse selections with sharing options
- Data export and import for easy transition to self hosting
For these tests, the Go webserver running on a 2 CPU (shared), 4 GB RAM linode instance.
The data below simulates retrieving a chapter 20,000 times at a concurrency of 100 requests.
The data below simulates 20,000 searches through the full Bible text for the word "Jesus" at a concurrency of 100 requests.
The goal is to host this application free forever. Please consider supporting the project by donating.
Install Go from the official website.
Install air for hot reloading with go get -u github.com/cosmtrek/air.
Install Node.js from the official website.
Install Vue CLI with npm install -g @vue/cli.
Install the Go dependencies with go mod download in the root directory.
Install the Vue dependencies with npm install in the client directory.
Create a .env file in the root directory with the following variables:
PORT=3000
To start the server, run go run main.go in the root directory. The server will start on port 3000 or whatever is set in your .env file.
To start the server with hot reloading, first install air and then run air in the root directory.
Run the tests with go test ./... -v in the root directory.