WEweitzj·Oct 6, 2017
Checkout https://github.com/cloudflare/hellogopher
to get you started with a nice workflow.
Uses gvt for vendoring. Tests over multiple packages are globbed correctly
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Hellogopher: "just clone and make" your conventional Go project
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Hey all, author here. Happy to take any feedback, in particular “I tried and it didn’t work out of the box” stories. I will NOT tell you to RTFM. I recommend reading…
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| Jan 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Feb 2017 | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2017 | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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5 sourcesSetting up GOPATH, when _starting_ Go projects, has been one of the top frictions for newcommers. That why Cloudflare came up with a solution: https://github.com/cloudflare/hellogopher.
> Hellogopher: "just clone and make" your conventional Go project
In How I Start: Go (2014)Hellogopher: “just clone and make” your conventional Go project
2 points · Open discussionHey all, author here. Happy to take any feedback, in particular “I tried and it didn’t work out of the box” stories. I will NOT tell you to RTFM.
I recommend reading https://github.com/cloudflare/hellogopher#why for more insight.
There’s also a gif demo https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/822745605806112768
EDIT: uploaded the keynote I gave at Golab where I present the problem and introduce this project https://vimeo.com/200469720
In Hellogopher – Just “git clone” and “make” any Go projectHellogopher – Just “git clone” and “make” any Go project
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