wishlist-golang

A wishlist app built with a Go backend, React frontend, PostgreSQL and Docker.

About

This project was built with the intent of having a fully functional + completed web application built with a Go backend and React frontend. In the end, I just wanted to be able to practice using some new skills and this project reflects that. The web app only has the simple functionality of:

1. Listing all items in the wishlist on the page.
2. Adding items to the wishlist.
3. Deleting items from the wishlist.
4. Updating items from the wishlist.

By implementing these simple operations, I was able to practice developing a RESTful API using Go.

How to deploy

Deployment is split into two stages, both of which will have their steps documented here. The two stages are:

1. PostgreSQL + Go Backend API
2. React Frontend We'll begin by detailing how to get the PostgreSQL + Go Backend API deployed and running.

PostgreSQL + Go Backend API

The deployment of both PostgreSQL and our Go backend API have been joined together in a single docker-compose.yml in backend/. In order to get them up and running, we recommend the following steps:

1. cd backend/
2. docker-compose build --no-cache
3. docker-compose up -d Now, we can check that the two containers deployed properly by execing into each container. In the DB container, we can check that Postgres is running by executing:

psql -U <postgres username>

React Frontend

To get the React frontend started, navigate to the frontend/ directory and execute the following command:

npm start

Now, you should see the web app open up in your default browser!