🚀 Go Starter

This repository serves as a playground for exploring Go (Golang) features, including API development, syntax experimentation, and learning the basics of Go programming. Ideal for beginners and developers looking to get hands-on experience with Go.

🔗 Website Link: Live

📚 Table of Contents

• 🔧 Technologies Used

• ✨ Features

• 📖 Setup Instructions

• 🚀 Backend (Go)

• ⚛️ Frontend (React JS)

• 📡 API Endpoints

• 🤝 Contributing

• 📜 License

🔧 Technologies Used

• Frontend: React JS ⚛️

• Backend: Go (Golang) 🚀

• Database: MongoDB 🗄️

• UI: Chakra UI 🏠

• Query: Tanstack Query 🌐

✨ Features

• 📝 CRUD Operations: Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations for user and application data.

• 📱 Responsive UI: Developed using Chakra UI components, ensuring a seamless experience across devices.

• 📡 API: Robust API constructed using Express.js and MongoDB for seamless data interaction.

📖 Setup Instructions

🛠️ Backend Go (Golang)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Fingertips18/go-starter.git
   

2. Install dependencies:

   cd go-starter
   go mod tidy
   

3. Set up environment variables. Create a .env file in the root directory::

   MONGO_URI=<MONGO_URI>
   PORT=<PORT>
   MODE=<MODE>
   CLIENT_URL=<CLIENT_URL>
   

4. Run the backend server:

   go run main.go
   // or
   go install github.com/air-verse/air@latest
   air
   

⚛️ Frontend (React JS)

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd client
   

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Set up environment variables. Create a .env file in the frontend directory:

   VITE_BASE_URL=<VITE_BASE_URL>
   

4. Run the frontend server:

   npm run dev
   

📡 API Endpoints

• Todos:

• GET /api/todos: Retrieve a list of todos.

• GET /api/todos/:id: Retrieve a single todo by ID.

• POST /api/todos: Create a new todo.

• PATCH /api/todos/:id: Update an existing todo by ID.

• DELETE /api/todos/:id: Delete a todo by ID.

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork this repository and contribute by submitting a pull request. All contributions are welcome!

🧑‍💻 Contributors

Ghian Tan @ Fingertips (Github)

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.