To get the most out of this book

• An intermediate knowledge of the Go programming language as well as initial exposure to web application frameworks
• Ability to develop with an IDE and cursory experience on the command line

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2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
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Code in Action

Visit the following link to check out videos of the code being run:
https://goo.gl/69xxFt

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The parameters include two string arguments, method and path, as well as an echo.HandlerFunc variable for which the resulting request routing match should map."

A block of code is set as follows:

func (e *Echo) Add(method, path string, handler HandlerFunc, middleware ...MiddlewareFunc) *Route {

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/PacktPublishing

git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Echo-Essentials

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.