Project structure

[wet cliff]

Do usually you uses Standard Go Project Layout at your projects? is it recommended?

[high shard]

aspects of it

dont just make all of those folders just for the sake of following the layout

[cunning hull]

Can you please link me the default layout recommended by the GoLang team?

[wet cliff]

https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout

[cunning hull]

Are these packages or the project definition from the outside?

[wet cliff]

wdym?

[cunning hull]

like does each folder of what is present in the repo contain go files?

[solemn spire]

Just fyi https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout/issues/117

[gloomy matrix]

Standard Package Layout, https://medium.com/@benbjohnson/standard-package-layout-7cdbc8391fc1 - Skippy

[void skiff]

It’s just way too much stuff for all of my projects. I don’t follow it at all

Make modules when they make sense. Use them to group code. Don’t go crazy

[snow ravine]

no i wouldnt, there's no compelling reason for me to do that
i do whatever make the most sense for the specific project i am doing, on a case by case basis
(though there's only a few "formats" i use to structure it)

[languid vigil]

start by putting all your files into one single directory and go from there
if you have both a main prog and a lib, put the main inside cmd/name dir
if you have sub libs, put them inside their own folder

[high shard]

what

cmd is for multiple executables

[languid vigil]

what

[snow ravine]

it's for executable's name

otherwise if someone go install it, it would be named cmd

(yes there's ways around it, like not having cmd prefix, or having exec in root instead, but these are situational)

[high shard]

you dont really need the cmd folder unless u want multiple executables

[languid vigil]

name is a dir, its the name of the app

[languid vigil]

incorrect please dont spread misinformation

here is an example https://github.com/itchyny/gojq

[solemn spire]

What do you mean?

[snow ravine]

yes there's other ways you do not need "cmd" you can just do

go.mod
foo/ <lib
fooer/ <cmd
foobar/ <cmd2

cmd is just what people did

i do not express support or am against it, i am just mentioning it

[solemn spire]

You don’t even need folders at all
You can have everything in the root directory

[languid vigil]

we can also have multiple execs without a cmd dir, in fact you can do wahtever you want

[solemn spire]

Yes, and that corroborates to the fact that what ftqo said is not a misinformation at all

[high shard]

werent we discussing conventions?

[languid vigil]

Im off this discussion, good luck guys

[high shard]

op, as you can see, theres lots of disagreement with that repo, and thats fine lol

[wet cliff]

I dont think this is a good practice, is it?

[solemn spire]

It depends on what your code is doing
But most times, yes, it is a bad practice

[languid vigil]

it is not a bad practice, it is the default
but once your project gets bigger you have to split it