Blueprint/Boilerplate For Golang Projects

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Blog Posts - More Information About This Repo

You can find more information about this project/repository and how to use it in following blog posts:

• Ultimate Setup for Your Next Golang Project
• Setting up GitHub Package Registry with Docker and Golang
• Building RESTful APIs in Golang
• Setting Up Swagger Docs for Golang API

Setting Up

• Replace All Occurrences of martinheinz/go-project-blueprint with your username repository name
• Replace All Occurrences of blueprint with your desired image name

Adding New Libraries/Dependencies

go mod vendor

Using GitHub Registry

Create and Push:

docker login docker.pkg.github.com -u <USERNAME> -p <GITHUB_TOKEN>
docker build -t  docker.pkg.github.com/martinheinz/go-project-blueprint/blueprint:latest .
# make container
docker push docker.pkg.github.com/martinheinz/go-project-blueprint/blueprint:latest
# make push

Pull and Run:

docker pull docker.pkg.github.com/martinheinz/go-project-blueprint/blueprint:latest
docker run docker.pkg.github.com/martinheinz/go-project-blueprint/blueprint:latest

Setup new SonarCloud Project

• On SonarCloud:
  • Click Plus Sign in Upper Right Corner
  • Analyze New Project
  • Click GitHub app configuration link
  • Configure SonarCloud
  • Select Repository and Save
  • Go Back to Analyze Project
  • Tick Newly Added Repository
  • Click Set Up
  • Click Configure with Travis
  • Copy the Command to Encrypt the Travis Token
  • Run travis encrypt --com <TOKEN_YOU_COPPIED>
  • Populate the secure Field in .travis.yml with outputted string
  • Follow steps to populate your sonar-project.properties
  • Push
• On Travis CI:
  • Set DOCKER_USERNAME
  • Set DOCKER_PASSWORD to Your GitHub Registry Token

Setup CodeClimate

• Go to https://codeclimate.com/github/repos/new
• Add Repository
• Go to Test Coverage Tab
• Copy Test Reporter ID
• Go to Travis and Open Settings for Your Repository
• Add Environment Variable: name: CC_TEST_REPORTER_ID, value: Copied from CodeClimate