The files & folders of Go projects

Return guests Ben Johnson & Chris James join Mat & Kris to talk about the files and folders of your Go projects, big and small. Does the holy grail exist, of the perfect structure to rule them all? Or are we doomed to be figuring this out for the rest of our lives?

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Featuring:

• Ben Johnson – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Chris James – Twitter, GitHub
• Mat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Kris Brandow – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

• Ben’s post about package layout
• Russ Cox saying this is NOT standard
• Chris’ unpopular opinion

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - It's Go Time!
(00:44) - Introducing our guests
(03:34) - What are files and folders?
(08:12) - _opperatingSystem
(15:51) - What folders we choose
(20:22) - Packages depending on each other
(23:37) - Just one folder? Or multiple
(32:55) - Sponsor: Changelog News
(34:49) - Is there a correct way?
(36:30) - Vendor folders
(37:45) - How do we know if it's wrong?
(44:57) - Unpopular opinions
(45:28) - Ben Johnson's unpop
(49:40) - Chris James' unpop
(55:19) - Kris Brandow's unpop
(1:00:12) - Wrapping up
(1:02:49) - Outro

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