golang-standards/project-layout VS go-starter

cmd: here where we will leave the main.go that starts our app.

> https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout

The name of the repo is really and intentionally misleading. rsc filled an issue there to point this out, but the repo maintainer just disabled issues altogether so now no one can see it.

Even when it would not have such parasitic name, many seasoned Go programmers, me included, consider the self-proclaimed "Standard Go project Layout" as the opposite of what is good and advisable.

Unfortunately, the name just works, so it is being recommended all over the Internet since its inception.

Your comment makes it look as if you're saying you hate the Go development team, but it seems that isn't the case.

I get a little of what you're saying, I wouldn't say I hate anyone, but I strongly dislike how a lot of projects are organized. I think a lot stems from https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout , which pretended to be standard and was so (ab)used one of the creators opened an issue about it. If you look at the actual Go src, it's much, much cleaner.

So you don't get blind sided for self proclaimed "standards" that are not

I am writing a project that has two components: a CLI and a library. I've organised the project as follows (as per organisation instructions):

Familiarity with the standard Golang project structure, which you can find here.

I've been learning how to build web applications using different frameworks and languages for a while now, such as Laravel with its MVC architecture and Node.js following the 'Hapi.js Way'. As I'm trying to create a new portfolio project using Go, I found myself contemplating over the ideal project structure. I wanted something that not only aligns with the standard Go project layout, but also makes the code both easy to write and understand. That's when I stumbled upon the concept of Hexagonal Architecture, as showcased in Netflix's engineering blog. The idea of seamlessly swapping infrastructures with minimal code changes fascinated me, and I decided to implement it in my new project.

Yes, monolithic Go RESTful JSON API services - we currently depend on go-swagger, SQLBoiler (PostgreSQL) and echo.

Workflow: we use VSCode with devContainers (docker-compose local dev env), our tasks are simply defined in a Makefile. Our high-lvl dev workflow is documented here: https://github.com/allaboutapps/go-starter/wiki/FAQ#how-does...

Difficulties: Nothing special actually. We switched from Node.js to Go in the beginning of 2020 and it's been a pleasure for our new projects (software agency). I thought it was going to be hard to onboard our staff / new hires to Go and our stack, but this really turned out to be a non issue.

Can only second this, we use a VSCode devContainer-based setup in all of our projects and even migrate our legacy projects to it (software agency).

Here's our current base go template, you only need Docker+VSCode on your system to get started: https://github.com/allaboutapps/go-starter

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