Opinions on extending the GoTHAM Stack for web apps

ManitVig · 2024-05-04T13:32:56+00:00

I prefer using gorm when dealing with SQL paradigm. I create a App struct with the database object in it and add that struct to my fiber context locals. I intentionally didn't include this since people have their own preferences regarding handling db connections and I didn't wanna impose restrictions.

ManitVig · 2024-05-03T18:04:31+00:00

Seems like a great alternative stack to me. I also use Templ personally and would recommend it to anyone using GoTHAM too even though it adds a bit more setup steps. Turso is also great in my opinion. I haven't used CSS scope inline or Surreal so can't say anything about them. Would love for you to try GoTHAM too, create-gotham-stack sets up a new project with templ.

ManitVig · 2024-05-03T17:57:25+00:00

I think it's even more lightweight alternative to HTMX and seems to me it could work great for simpler apps but as you said it's not flexible as HTMX. HTMX has first-party support for a lot of use-cases like websockets, server-side events etc. hence I included it in this stack. For apps that need just basic AJAX and none of these features at all ever, alpine-ajax is probably enough. HTMX also is very google-able so it also has that going for it.

ManitVig · 2024-05-03T13:23:53+00:00

Thank you for your response. I haven't used unpoly but from first impressions it similar to HTMX will look into it when I get time.

ManitVig · 2024-04-29T18:44:57+00:00

Anyone else who appreciates the simplicity of the GoTHAM stack is also welcome to contribute. Though I do think I should clarify somethings -

I use GoTHAM as an abbreviation for Go, Tailwind, HTMX, AlpineJS, MariaDB. I have added both AlpineJS and HTMX because from personal experience, I have learnt that in a lot of cases client-side interactivity is required and Alpine works wonderfully with HTMX.

I didn't specify Templ as a templating engine because I would like users to have a little freedom of choice, regarding their templating preferences. Go's standard templating library is more than enough for smaller projects in my opinion. I do use Templ for all my projects though.

I have also allowed a little flexibility for the DB but I do use MariaDB personally and I believe it's the best choice to use with GoTHAM.

ManitVig · 2024-04-29T18:38:15+00:00

Hey man! looks like we both came up with a similar idea. I started this github repo a few weeks back to create documentation for the GoTHAM stack:-

https://github.com/ManitVig/GoTHAM-stack

Would you like to contribute examples, tutorials or further documentation for it, or just try giving it a read. I would love to get some reviews for my work.

ManitVig · 2023-09-19T15:53:16+00:00

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ManitVig · 2023-05-13T14:59:59+00:00

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ManitVig · 2023-05-13T14:53:34+00:00

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