Inspiration from Laravel
Introduction
Creating your own framework is always a challenge, especially when there are already powerful and popular solutions on the market. Inspired by Laravel, I decided to create my own framework for the Go language, which will combine the best practices and conveniences provided by Laravel with the performance and simplicity of Go. In this article, I will talk about the development process, the main features of my framework, and how I hope to get feedback to improve it.
Idea and concept
Laravel is known for its elegance, easy-to-use architecture, and powerful tooling for developing web applications. My goal was to bring these principles to the Go ecosystem while maintaining Go's unique benefits, such as high performance and code simplicity.
The main principles that I decided to include in my framework are:
Elegance and simplicity: Convenient syntax and clear structure.
Modularity: Easy to expand and customize.
Performance: Taking advantage of Go to achieve high performance.
Safety: Built-in protection mechanisms and secure data handling.
Main functions of the framework
Routing: A convenient and flexible routing system that allows you to easily define paths and process requests.
ORM (Object-Relational Mapping): Inspired by Laravel's Eloquent ORM, my ORM provides ease of working with databases by supporting basic functions such as create, read, update, and delete (CRUD).
Template engine: Intuitive template engine for creating dynamic HTML pages.
Migrations and Seeds: Tools for managing the database schema and populating it with initial data.
Authentication and Authorization: Built-in mechanisms for managing users and their access rights.
Difficulties and solutions
One of the main challenges was creating a convenient and flexible routing system. Laravel has a very elegant routing implementation, and I wanted to achieve the same level of simplicity. I implemented support for route groups, middleware, and the ability to bind controllers to routes, which greatly simplified the development process.
Another challenge was the implementation of ORM. Inspired by Eloquent, I wanted to create a system that was as powerful and convenient, which required significant effort to ensure an intuitive interface and flexibility when working with the database.
Feedback and ways to improve
Now that the first version of my framework is ready, I would like to get feedback from the community. Your opinion is important to me, because it depends on the users how convenient and useful my framework will be.
link to git for review
