sqlx VS gqlgen

Compare sqlx vs gqlgen and see what are their differences.

sqlx

general purpose extensions to golang's database/sql (by jmoiron)
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sqlx gqlgen
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0.0 9.3
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Go Go
MIT License MIT License
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sqlx

Posts with mentions or reviews of sqlx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-14.
  • Python: Just Write SQL
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Aug 2023
    We've always used https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx which is just the standard package + mapping to/from structs.
  • Golang equivalent of MyBatis/iBatis
    4 projects | /r/golang | 3 Jul 2023
    You can use this https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
  • REST API with Go, Chi, MySQL and sqlx
    6 projects | dev.to | 23 Jun 2023
    I will be using sqlx to execute queries and map columns to struct fields and vice versa, sqlx is a library which provides a set of extensions on go's standard database/sql library.
  • PHP to Golang
    9 projects | /r/golang | 3 Jun 2023
  • Best sqlc alternative for dynamic queries?
    8 projects | /r/golang | 15 May 2023
    sqlx + squirrel ftw
  • Does Go, has something similar to Laravel eloquent (ORM) ?
    7 projects | /r/golang | 11 Apr 2023
    I'd rather suggest the use of tools more aligned with the core concepts of the language such as sqlx, which is an extension of the database/sql standard library. It allows you to use models/structs to map your tables but you have more control over the SQL statements you use to perform queries and the like. You can combine sqlx with Squirrel to build queries from composable parts.
  • Tools besides Go for a newbie
    36 projects | /r/golang | 26 Mar 2023
    IDE: use whatever make you productive. I personally use vscode. VCS: git, as golang communities use github heavily as base for many libraries. AFAIK Linter: use staticcheck for linting as it looks like mostly used linting tool in go, supported by many also. In Vscode it will be recommended once you install go plugin. Libraries/Framework: actually the standard libraries already included many things you need, decent enough for your day-to-day development cycles(e.g. `net/http`). But here are things for extra: - Struct fields validator: validator - Http server lib: chi router , httprouter , fasthttp (for non standard http implementations, but fast) - Web Framework: echo , gin , fiber , beego , etc - Http client lib: most already covered by stdlib(net/http), so you rarely need extra lib for this, but if you really need some are: resty - CLI: cobra - Config: godotenv , viper - DB Drivers: sqlx , postgre , sqlite , mysql - nosql: redis , mongodb , elasticsearch - ORM: gorm , entgo , sqlc(codegen) - JS Transpiler: gopherjs - GUI: fyne - grpc: grpc - logging: zerolog - test: testify , gomock , dockertest - and many others you can find here
  • Where Is the Spring Framework for Go?
    3 projects | /r/golang | 23 Mar 2023
    This is the same situation I saw 20 years ago. Back then, all the managers were pushing development in Oracle tools. Those managers grew up on Oracle and Java was too modern for them. Now the situation is similar. Managers used to do things in Java and now they are still pushing Java. In fact, today Java brings nothing but problems. When I see a new project starting on Java it is always some big desperation. For a comparison of Java and Go, just look at the documentation for SQL. For go: https://pkg.go.dev/database/sql (31 pages) and maybe https://jmoiron.github.io/sqlx/ (12 pages). In Java only one class is 59 pages (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/sql/ResultSet.html) and look how many of those documents there are: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/13/docs/api/java.sql/java/sql/package-summary.html and on top of that we have javax.sql - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/sql/package-summary.html And even then you use Hibernate for example, where the documentation has 11 manuals and of those the User Guide has 353 pages - https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/6.2/userguide/html\_single/Hibernate\_User\_Guide.html
  • Is sqlx still maintained?
    2 projects | /r/golang | 15 Mar 2023
  • Golang tech stack
    11 projects | /r/golang | 12 Mar 2023
    sqlx

gqlgen

Posts with mentions or reviews of gqlgen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-25.
  • Who moved my error codes? Adding error types to your GoLang GraphQL Server
    6 projects | dev.to | 25 Jun 2023
    GraphQL’s spec, as it turns out, does not specify how servers should handle internal errors at all, leaving it entirely to the choice of the frameworks’ creators. Take for example our GoLang GraphQL framework of choice - gqlgen. It makes no distinction between intentional and unexpected errors: all errors are returned as-is to the client within the error message. Internal errors, which often contain sensitive information like network details and internal URIs, would leak to clients easily if not caught manually by the programmer.
  • “Go is hard to justify unless at massive scale”
    4 projects | /r/golang | 23 May 2023
    Better look into this one: https://github.com/99designs/gqlgen for GraphQL powered by Go. It's spec first approach and requires the least boilerplate code to write. It also incorporates seamlessly with Apollo Federation.
  • Go with PHP
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 May 2023
    I left PHP for Go.

    - with http://sqlc.dev I don't have to write ORM or model code anymore.

    - with http://goa.design I can have well-documented API's that any team can generate a client for in any language. It also generates the HTTP JSON and gRPC servers for me so I can focus on my logic.

    - with https://github.com/99designs/gqlgen I can define GraphQL revolvers that play well with sqlc (any RDBMS) or I can use a key-value store.

    - speaking of key-value stores, Go allows them to be embedded! Even SQLite now has the https://litestream.io/ project to make it super simple to use a durable, always backed-up SQLite database even in a serverless context.

    Go is faster, uses less memory, and has really-well designed stdlib without all the bugs I used to face trying to use the PHP stdlib.

  • Golang tech stack
    11 projects | /r/golang | 12 Mar 2023
    Gqlgen if I need GraphQL
  • Scalable APIs with GraphQL Server Codegen Preset
    3 projects | dev.to | 24 Jan 2023
    Some of these features are inspired by gqlgen so check it out if you need a Golang GraphQL server implementation.
  • How to develop a Web app in go
    9 projects | /r/golang | 19 Jan 2023
    If you want to use GraphQL: https://github.com/99designs/gqlgen
  • Libraries you use most of your projects?
    30 projects | /r/golang | 2 Nov 2022
    In addition to the ones you mentioned, I also always use: + sqlc - Compile SQL to type-safe code + gqlgen - generate GraphQL server from schema + oapi-codegen - Go client and server boilerplate from OpenAPI 3 specifications + pester - Go http calls with retries and backoff + backoff - exponential backoff algorithm in Go
  • Ent: An Entity Framework for Go
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Oct 2022
    I have no experience in Django but in Ent with GraphQL.

    Ent is not a full-featured web framework so you need to implement many of features by your own or use other libraries (e.g. http server and session management).

    If you are only looking for ORM + GraphQL then I highly recommend trying Entgql, an Ent extension for GraphQL with Gqlgen library [1]. Once you define an ORM schema, it will generate GraphQL Query for Relay server. Still you need to implement GraphQL Mutations by your own but at least it will create Input types for you (both for Create/Update).

    [1]: https://github.com/99designs/gqlgen

  • Best packages?
    11 projects | /r/golang | 16 Oct 2022
    gqlgen for GraphQL services. It's well documented and maintained.
  • Decent examples querying models from Postgres
    6 projects | /r/golang | 5 Sep 2022
    For me sqlc work wonders. If you are developing a user facing api and are fine to go with graphql, with gqlgen you can even autobind (search the page for @goModel) the models that sqlc generates from your queries. A glorious match

What are some alternatives?

When comparing sqlx and gqlgen you can also consider the following projects:

pgx - PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go

sqlc - Generate type-safe code from SQL

graphql-go - GraphQL server with a focus on ease of use

Squirrel - Fluent SQL generation for golang

go-sql-driver/mysql - Go MySQL Driver is a MySQL driver for Go's (golang) database/sql package

gomock - GoMock is a mocking framework for the Go programming language.

Fiber - ⚡️ Express inspired web framework written in Go

SQLBoiler - Generate a Go ORM tailored to your database schema.

ent - An entity framework for Go

migrate - Database migrations. CLI and Golang library.

Gin - Gin is a HTTP web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a Martini-like API with much better performance -- up to 40 times faster. If you need smashing performance, get yourself some Gin.

Echo - High performance, minimalist Go web framework