# README
Iris Web Framework 
Iris is a fast, simple yet fully featured and very efficient web framework for Go.
Iris provides a beautifully expressive and easy to use foundation for your next website or API.
Finally, a real expressjs equivalent for the Go Programming Language.
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$ cat example.go
package main
import "github.com/kataras/iris"
func main() {
app := iris.New()
// Load all templates from the "./views" folder
// where extension is ".html" and parse them
// using the standard `html/template` package.
app.RegisterView(iris.HTML("./views", ".html"))
// Method: GET
// Resource: http://localhost:8080
app.Get("/", func(ctx iris.Context) {
// Bind: {{.message}} with "Hello world!"
ctx.ViewData("message", "Hello world!")
// Render template file: ./views/hello.html
ctx.View("hello.html")
})
// Method: GET
// Resource: http://localhost:8080/user/42
//
// Need to use a custom regexp instead?
// Easy,
// just mark the parameter's type to 'string'
// which accepts anything and make use of
// its `regexp` macro function, i.e:
// app.Get("/user/{id:string regexp(^[0-9]+$)}")
app.Get("/user/{id:long}", func(ctx iris.Context) {
userID, _ := ctx.Params().GetInt64("id")
ctx.Writef("User ID: %d", userID)
})
// Start the server using a network address.
app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"))
}
Learn more about path parameter's types by clicking here
<!-- file: ./views/hello.html -->
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{.message}}</h1>
</body>
</html>
$ go run example.go
Now listening on: http://localhost:8080
Application Started. Press CTRL+C to shut down.
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Installation
The only requirement is the Go Programming Language
$ go get -u github.com/kataras/iris
Iris takes advantage of the vendor directory feature. You get truly reproducible builds, as this method guards against upstream renames and deletes.
Updated at: Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Benchmarks from third-party source over the rest web frameworks
Support
- HISTORY file is your best friend, it contains information about the latest features and changes
- Did you happen to find a bug? Post it at github issues
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- Complete our form-based user experience report by clicking here
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For more information about contributing to the Iris project please check the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
Learn
First of all, the most correct way to begin with a web framework is to learn the basics of the programming language and the standard http capabilities, if your web application is a very simple personal project without performance and maintainability requirements you may want to proceed just with the standard packages. After that follow the guidelines:
- Navigate through 100+1 examples and some iris starter kits we crafted for you
- Read the godocs for any details
- Prepare a cup of coffee or tea, whatever pleases you the most, and read some articles we found for you
Iris starter kits
- A basic web app built in Iris for Go
- A mini social-network created with the awesome Iris💖💖
- Iris isomorphic react/hot reloadable/redux/css-modules starter kit
- Demo project with react using typescript and Iris
- Self-hosted Localization Management Platform built with Iris and Angular
- Iris + Docker and Kubernetes
- Quickstart for Iris with Nanobox
- A Hasura starter project with a ready to deploy Golang hello-world web app with IRIS
Did you build something similar? Let us know!
Middleware
Iris has a great collection of handlers[1][2] that you can use side by side with your web apps. However you are not limited to them - you are free to use any third-party middleware that is compatible with the net/http package, _examples/convert-handlers will show you the way.
Iris, unlike others, is 100% compatible with the standards and that's why the majority of the big companies that adapt Go to their workflow, like a very famous US Television Network, trust Iris; it's always up-to-date and it will be aligned with the std net/http package which is modernized by the Go Author on each new release of the Go Programming Language forever.
Articles
- A Todo MVC Application using Iris and Vue.js
- A Hasura starter project with a ready to deploy Golang hello-world web app with IRIS
- Top 6 web frameworks for Go as of 2017
- Iris Go Framework + MongoDB
- How to build a file upload form using DropzoneJS and Go
- How to display existing files on server using DropzoneJS and Go
- Iris, a modular web framework
- Go vs .NET Core in terms of HTTP performance
- Iris Go vs .NET Core Kestrel in terms of HTTP performance
- How to Turn an Android Device into a Web Server
- Deploying a Iris Golang app in hasura
- A URL Shortener Service using Go, Iris and Bolt
Get hired
There are many companies and start-ups looking for Go web developers with Iris experience as requirement, we are searching for you every day and we post those information via our facebook page, like the page to get notified, we have already posted some of them.
Sponsors
Thank you to all our sponsors! (please ask your company to also support this open source project by becoming a sponsor)
License
Iris is licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License. Iris is 100% free and open-source software.
For any questions regarding the license please send e-mail.