go-echo-htmx-templ

A basic started template for a Go web app with Echo, htmx, TailwindCSS and Alpine.js and some other goodies

Tools:

• Go
• Echo - golang web framework
• templ - HTML templating
• htmx - hypermedia controls
• Tailwind CSS - styling
  • DaisyUI - Tailwind UI elements
• Alpine.js - UI interactions
• Charmbracelet's log - logging
• cng - file watcher

Setup

Install the latest version of Go and run the following commands:

# download go dependencies
go mod download

# install templ CLI if you don't already have it
go install github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ@latest

# install tailwind + other deps
npm install

Download a binary of cng and put it on your path for file watching

Development

Now you can run the dev server with make or make dev and open http://localhost:7878 in your browser.

Build the binary with make build and run it with ./bin/server.

License

MIT