Google App Engine with Go

App Engine is a Google service that facilitates the quick deployment of web applications. These applications have access to cloud storage and various other Google APIs. The general idea is that App Engine will scale easily with the load and simplify any operations management associated with hosting an app. This recipe will show how to create and optionally deploy a basic App Engine application. This recipe won't get into the details of setting up a Google Cloud account, setting up billing, or the specifics on cleaning up your instance. As a minimum requirement, access to Google Cloud Datastore (https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/overview) is required for this recipe to work.

Getting ready

Configure your environment according to these steps:

1. Download and install Go 1.11.1 or greater on youroperatingsystem fromhttps://golang.org/doc/install.
2. Download the Google Cloud SDK fromhttps://cloud.google...