Building a fully functional, industry standard, and tested REST API in Golang.

About:

I enjoy programming in Go and wanted to practice using Go in a professional way. The goal of this project is to learn industry standard approaches for building APIs and apply design patterns used on the job. This includes but is limited to: Following REST API standards, Using correct design patterns, Writting code following Google style guide.

GOALS:

• Dockerize
• Fully finish this API
• Go through and comment confusing code and adhere to Google styling
• Deploy on AWS/Azure/GCP
• Throughly test
• Add metrics with Graphana and Prometheus
• Extend past standalone REST API
  • Add load balancer
  • Create a microservice with communication either through RabbitMQ or gRCP
  • Enventually create simple frontend to show off