Basic project template for golang, slightly opinionated

[shanemhansen]

I noticed they default to creating a main function that runs os.Exit(0). I recommend not doing that because it stops any potential deferred actions from running. It's not required for their simple main() func to run correctly, but I feel it's a good habit to get into.

[lacion]

thanks for the comment, i just made some changes to reflect that.

[marcus_holmes]

really? Three (known) dependencies before I even start? Plus Python?

The wonderful thing I'm loving about Golang is that I can reduce dependencies. Put the ones I need in a vendor directory. Edit those files to remove their dependencies for edge cases I don't need in my project.

Less is more!

[chank]

Needing python to create a golang project template...

[mwpmaybe]

"S/he wrote his own command-line utility to create projects from templates? Why didn't s/he just use cookiecutter?"

[karmacoda]

I can't even begin to grasp how this is HN front page. No offence, but in the world of tech is this really in the top 30 most interesting things?

[lacion]

the project has now been updated and is now a lot less opinionated except for a few things.