Example of Beegae - Part 2

The next step was to establish and configure my project. Before we get into that, I wanted a couple of Go packages to make things easier, namely github.com/astaxie/beego and github.com/beego/bee. I compiled the second package into the "bee" command.
I already had a directory in my root called "goprojects2". I created a "src" subdirectory. Then I went into the SDK command prompt and issued:

set gopath=%gopath%;c:\goprojects2

then went to the goprpjects2 directory and entered

bee new beegaenames

The "bee" command created a scaffold for my project. However, I had to convert the project from Beego to Beegae. I went into main.go (in goprojects2/src/beegaenames), and replaced "beego" with "beegae" .  I also went into controllers/default.go and routers/router.go, replacing "beego" with "beegae".
I needed to do one last thing before writing Go, namely create index.yaml on the same level as main.go. This file indexed my database. Here are the contents:

indexes:

- kind: Name
  ancestor: no
  properties:
  - name: FirstName
    direction: asc
  - name: LastName
    direction: asc

In the next installment, we'll get into the actual code.

Example of Beegae (Beego for App Engine) - Part 1

Sorry I've been gone for so long! I recently created a simple web form using Beegae. The setup was rather involved, but worth it. I will assume you have Git and Python 2.x already installed. I needed to install Go (http://golang.org/) and Google Cloud SDK (https://cloud.google.com/developers/ ; click "Download the SDK" for instructions). I used Datastore, the original NoSQL native to App Engine.

The next thing I had to do was install the Go SDK. To to that, I went into the Google Cloud SDK console window, and issued

gcloud components update gae-go

If you're using the Windows version, there might be a bug in goapp.bat. You will probably find it at

C:\Program Files\Google\Cloud SDK\google-cloud-sdk\platform\google_appengine

I issued the following to retrieve the Beegae Go package:

goapp get github.com/astaxie/beegae

and got this error...

'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I fixed the problem by these steps:

1. Open Notepad as Administrator
2. Open goapp.bat
3. Put the %GOROOT%\bin\%EXENAME% line, along with all the parameters, on a new line
4. Put quotation marks (") around %GOROOT%\bin\%EXENAME%
5. Save (make sure NOT as a .TXT file) and Exit

If you're a bit squeamish, Copy goapp.bat as goapp.bat.old first. I reissued the above "goapp" command, and this time it ran. In the next installment, I'll get into how I configured this project.