You're reading from Building Modern CLI Applications in Go Develop next-level CLIs to improve user experience, increase platform usage, and maximize production

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611654

Length 406 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Marian Montagnino

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started with a Solid Foundation

2. Chapter 1: Understanding CLI Standards FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Structuring Go Code for CLI Applications

4. Chapter 3: Building an Audio Metadata CLI

5. Chapter 4: Popular Frameworks for Building CLIs

6. Part 2: The Ins and Outs of a CLI

7. Chapter 5: Defining the Command-Line Process

8. Chapter 6: Calling External Processes and Handling Errors and Timeouts

9. Chapter 7: Developing for Different Platforms

10. Part 3: Interactivity and Empathic Driven Design

11. Chapter 8: Building for Humans versus Machines

12. Chapter 9: The Empathic Side of Development

13. Chapter 10: Interactivity with Prompts and Terminal Dashboards

14. Part 4: Building and Distributing for Different Platforms

15. Chapter 11: Custom Builds and Testing CLI Commands

16. Chapter 12: Cross-Compilation across Different Platforms

17. Chapter 13: Using Containers for Distribution

18. Chapter 14: Publishing Your Go Binary as a Homebrew Formula with GoReleaser

19. Index

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Distributing with containers

There are various advantages to running a CLI inside a container as opposed to directly on the host. Utilizing a container makes the setup and installation of the program easier. This can be helpful if the application needs numerous dependencies or libraries that are challenging to install. Additionally, regardless of the language or tools used to construct the program, adopting a container enables a more dependable and uniform method of distribution. Using a container as a distribution method can be a flexible solution for the majority of applications that can operate in a Linux environment, even though there may be language-specific alternatives. Finally, distributing through containers will be useful for developers unfamiliar with the Go language but who already have the Docker toolbox installed on their machines.