Go Web Template

A lightweight, modern template for building web applications with Go, PostgreSQL, and templ.

Features

• Go Backend: Uses Gin for routing and API endpoints
• PostgreSQL Database: With Goose migrations for schema management
• Type-safe Database Access: Generated with sqlc
• HTML Templating: Using the modern templ templating engine
• Docker Integration: Containerized for easy deployment
• API Ready: Pre-configured REST API structure

Quick Start

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/dbut2/web-template.git
   

2. Run the application with Docker:

   docker compose up
   

3. Visit http://localhost:8080 to see the application

Project Structure

• /go - Backend Go code
  • /database - Database access with sqlc-generated code
  • /service - HTTP service with handlers and API endpoints
• /db - Database schema and migrations
  • /migrations - Goose SQL migrations
  • /queries - SQL queries for sqlc generation
• /web - Frontend templates using templ

Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.26+
• Docker

Build Commands

• Generate templ templates:

  go generate ./web
  

• Generate database code:

  go generate ./db
  

• Build the application:

  go build -o server ./go