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Getting Started

To create a new Goffee project you need to install the command goffee first. It is the cli tool.

Installing the CLI tool [goffee]​

To install the goffee globally open up your terminal and run the following command:

go install git.smarteching.com/goffee/goffee@latest

Detailed istructions in installation

Create a new project:​

To create a new project run the following command

goffee new myapp git.smarteching.com/goffee/myapp

Where: myapp is the name of your project. git.smarteching.com/goffee/myapp is the remote repository that will host the project

Add a route​

Let's create a route that returns hello world Open up the file routes.go in the root of your project and add to it the code below:

controller.Get("/greeting", func(c *core.Context) *core.Response {
	JsonString := `{"message": "hello world"}`

	return c.Response.Json(JsonString)
})

Next, in your terminal navigate to the project dir and run the following command to start the live reloading:

goffee run:dev

Finally, open up your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/greeting

To learn more check the routing docs section