One of the main components of a web application is the controller, which acts as a coordinator between the view and the model and handles the user's requests, which could be a button click, or a menu selection, or HTTP GET and POST requests. In this recipe, we will learn how we can create a controller in Beego.
Creating your first controller and router
How to do it...
- Move to $GOPATH/src/my-first-beego-project/controllers and create firstcontroller.go, as follows:
package controllers
import "github.com/astaxie/beego"
type FirstController struct
{
beego.Controller
}
type Employee struct
{
Id int `json:"id"`
FirstName string `json:"firstName"`
LastName string `json:"lastName"`
}
type...
