A Beginner’s Guide To Web Development In Go Using The Martini Framework

Learning a new framework is always fun

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I recently stumbled upon this cool framework for Golang. It’s a web development framework that makes web development a whole lot easier.

In this new Golang article, I’ll teach you the basics of setting up a web server with the Martini Framework.

Requirements.

To get started with this Framework, you need to have Go installed on your machine and have a basic knowledge of the Golang programming language.

Preparing Your Workspace.

To program in Go, you need an editor, and I use VS Code for Mac. When you’ve set up your code editor, you need to prepare your workspace. To initialize a project, we use the following command:

$ go mod init example.ext/usr/name

This will create a go.mod file, and here it will store all the information about your project, for example, the packages you install.

Now execute the following command:

$ cat go.mod

Getting Started.

Now, let’s get started with the Martini Framework. We have to install it through the go get command: