Skeleton for a go web app

This is a very simple and minimal skeleton for a web app.

used libraries:

• echo as a minimal web handler
• pongo2 for template renderering (django2 style)
• tailwindcss for styling

features:

• assets and templates are embedded when building (via go1.16+ embed module)
• base layout for extending
• macros for reusable components
• git commit hash and date injected during build for -version flag
• make for development and building

Usage

Development

• Use make tailwind-dev to watch for templates changes and recompile tailwind styles during development.
• Use DEBUG=1 env variabel to enable debug logging and to deactivate file embedding

$ export DEBUG=1
$ make tailwind-dev
$ go build && ./webapp

Building for production

This will build the app binary, compile tailwind styles and embed all static files from ./public.

$ make

The resulting binary contains all templates and assets.