go-graphql-react

A template web app with a React / TypeScript frontend and a Go GraphQL backend that uses SQLBoiler alongside gqlgen for a fast, database schema driven development style.

Stack

• Golang backend server
• Postgres database
• SQLBoiler to generate Go ORM models based on database tables
• gqlgen to generate a graphQL API based on the models
• Gorilla sessions for authentication (sign up / log in / log out resolvers are implemented)
• React / TypeScript frontend
• Apollo GraphQL client

Development

SQLBoiler and gqlgen work really well together to generate nearly an entire graphQL API from the database:

1. Add Postgres table definitions to the /migrations/ folder
2. Generate ORM based on tables in the database make db
3. Add a graphQL schema in the /api/ folder that reflects the generated ORM
4. Generate a graphQL server from the schema that binds to the ORM make graphql (bonus: complete 2 & 4 with make models)
5. Fill in the graphQL resolvers using the ORM in /internal/resolvers/

Running

1. Create a new file .env.sh at the top level directory, copy in .env.example.sh and fill in the missing variables
2. Start the React app make run-client and start the backend make run-server (migrations are run automatically with golang-migrate)