GoLang - Docker Starter

This is just a very small starter kit that enables a quick-start to get our hands dirty running some go code using docker

Prerequisites

• A Shell (Linux, MacOS, MS WSL2, VM)
• Docker

Start Programming

You can start programming in the ./src/main.go file.

Check Go Version

You can run Go commands using the shell script ./go
Try running ./go version

Compile & Run Your Application

./build-and-run

External Dependencies - GOPATH

Before adding and using external packages, you first need to tell your editor where packages are located at.

In case of this repository, packages will be downloaded and located in this directory under gopath/pkg:

/path-to-this-repository/gopath/pkg/

After substituting path-to-this-repository You can instruct your editor to use this path as the GOPATH

This way, all the instances of this repository will have their own directory of dependencies.

Related links:
vscode: https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/blob/master/docs/gopath.md#different-gopaths-for-different-projects
jetbrains: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/go/go-gopath.html

Add a Dependency

For a list of interesting Go packages, check out this:
https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go

To add a new package to your project, use ./get [package-location]

Example dependency for generating UUID's:

./get github.com/jakehl/goid

To install a specific dependency version use @:

./get github.com/jakehl/goid@v1.1.0

Tidy Up

To tidy up and remove unused dependencies, run:

./tidy