Prerequisite

To initialize a go project there must be a go.mod file

go mod init github.com/ab70/fiber-restapi

To add a package

go get github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2

To run the project

go run server.go

For hot reload:

go get -u github.com/air-verse/air

#export this
export PATH=$(go env GOPATH)/bin:$PATH

#reload .zshc file:
source ~/.zshrc

#which air and then put that in:
nano ~/.zshrc
export PATH=$PATH:/home/ab/go/bin

To build for binary use this:

# this will generate a birany in the current directory
 go build -o server server.go