Chirpy

Chirpy is a Go microblogging web server built as an exploration exercise. This project is not production read at this time. However, feel free to take and use what you can.

Requirements

All development and testing was done using Go 1.21.1. Other versions may work but have not been tested.

Running the App

Run the following command in the terminal to launch the server:

% go build -o chirpy && ./chirpy

Use the "debug" flag to clear the database:

% go build -o chirpy && ./chirpy --debug

The server is configured by default to listen on port 8080.

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