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Creating a PWA with Create Go App

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Emmanuel Etukudo
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Google's Go programming language has gained popularity due to its features like memory safety, garbage collection, static typing, and concurrency, making it a top choice for building scalable software. Despite its growth, developers often face challenges in creating production-ready Go applications from scratch. The Create Go App CLI, akin to Create React App, simplifies this process by allowing developers to scaffold Go applications with a choice of frontend libraries such as React, Svelte, Preact, and Vue. This tutorial guides readers through scaffolding a Progressive Web App (PWA) using Go for the backend and React for the frontend, utilizing the Create Go App package. It includes steps from project initialization to understanding the project structure, managing frontend and backend configurations, and deploying the application using Docker and Ansible. The tutorial emphasizes clean architecture patterns, leveraging Vite for frontend development, and highlights the seamless integration of technologies to build and deploy scalable Go applications efficiently.