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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