go-web-frameworks

Example web application projects with top popular and recently active Go lang web frameworks and toolkits.

I am implementing the same features in all frameworks and compare them occasionally.

Currently checking:

• gin
• echo
• iris
• fiber
• micro
• goa
• gorilla

Table of Contents

• Project Structure
  • Go Project Layout
• Features
• Current Progress
• Related Resources
  • Live Streams
  • Accompanied Blog Post
  • YouTube Playlists
    • Full Tutorials
    • Video Tutorials & Short Clips
    • Live Stream Playlists

Project Structure

This repository is a monorepo, which means it contains all the packages in the same repository.

In the root directory, there is a folder for each web framework. These folders contain the most recent state of the demo project for a given framework. For example, directory fiber is the current final state of the project for the Fiber web framework.

Additionally, in _step_by_step and _steps_by_topics directories, you can final tutorial steps grouped by framework and topics accordingly.

Additionally,

• api directory contains API specifications as a README file.
• pkg directory contains a separate Go package used as a shared code for errors, models, and storage layer.

Go Project Layout

Check [STRUCTURE.md][] for information about the Go project layout for each demo app.

Features

List of checked features:

• "Hello, World!" and simple JSON response;
• CRUD JSON API for the example entity;
• Paging and error handling;
• Parsing query params;
• Accepting and parsing form data;
• Exposing static assets via an endpoint;
• Building website pages with templates;
• MVC Pattern (model, view, controller);
• Authentication and Authorization;
• Documentation and Swagger;
• Framework specific testing (if there is anything);
• Optimization (e.g. compression with GZIP);
• Security (CORS for example);

Additionaly, some examples with:

• CI/CD using GitHub Actions;
• Logging, tracing, and metrics;
• Docker and Docker Compos;
• Database and ORM;
• Work with MySQL;
• Work with PostgreSQL;
• Work with MongoDB;
• Work with Redis;
• Work with Kafka;

Current Progress

Feature	gin	echo	iris	fiber	micro	goa	gorilla
Final Project Structure	⏳	👷🏼‍♂️	⏳	👷🏼‍♂️	⏳	⏳	⏳
"Hello, World!" and simple JSON response	⏳	✅	✅	✅	⏳	⏳	⏳
CRUD JSON API for the example entity	⏳	✅	✅	✅	⏳	⏳	⏳
Paging and error handling	⏳	✅	✅	✅	⏳	⏳	⏳
Parsing query params	⏳	✅	✅	✅	⏳	⏳	⏳
Accepting and parsing form data	⏳	👷🏼‍♂️	👷🏼‍♂️	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳
Exposing static assets via an endpoint	⏳	✅	👷🏼‍♂️	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳
Building website pages with templates	⏳	⏳	👷🏼‍♂️	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳
MVC Pattern (model, view, controller)	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳
Authentication and Authorization	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳	⏳

Related Resources

Live Streams

I host live streams on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook Watch about building this project. Follow me on Twitter for announcements.

Accompanied Blog Post

Three is also a dedicated blog post where I gather all related tutorials and learning materials in one place. Learn more: Go Web Frameworks and Toolkits

YouTube Playlists

Full Tutorials

• Create CRUD JSON APIs with Fiber

Video Tutorials & Short Clips

• All Go Web Framework video tutorials
• Go Fiber Web Framework video tutorials

Live Stream Playlists

• All Go Web Frameworks related Live Streams