Plate lets you quickly setup project files starting from templates defined in your ~/.plates folder.

go get github.com/pilu/plate

Create a template for a Go hello world app:

~/.plates/go-hello-world.plate:

{{define "main.go"}}
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("{{ ask "greeting"}}")
}
{{end}}

{{define "main_test.go"}}
package main

import "testing"

func TestFoo(t *testing.T) {
}
{{end}}

Run plate . and choose the go-hello-world plate.

Plate will create two files, main.go and main_test.go.

Before creating the main.go file, it will ask for a value for the variable greeting.

• Andrea Franz