TaskFlowGoravel series

Build a production Go API, one episode at a time.

TaskFlow is a task manager with accounts, roles, file uploads, background jobs and email. We build it in Goravel, the Laravel-style Golang framework, from an empty folder to a container running in production.

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Episodes

2 of 20 published

19:36 01Installation & Project Architecture A running Goravel skeleton, providers wired, Docker up 20 min Episode 1 of 20 Watch episode Read article
14:07 02Routing & Response Route files registered, JSON responses shaped 14 min Episode 2 of 20 Latest Watch episode Read article

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Order and scope can move as the build does.

Foundation

Episodes 03 to 06

A running project, routes, request data, a database and the models on top of it

03 Reading Request DataNext Path, query string and JSON body, read from the request
04 Models & Migrations A users table, generated from the model
05 Relationships: Belongs To Tasks tied to users with foreign keys, loaded together
06 Relationships: Has Many Notifications, and a user loaded with all their tasks

Application

Episodes 07 to 11

Data to work with, validation, accounts, and who is allowed to do what

07 Factories & Seeding Fake users from a factory, seeded with one command
08 Validation with Form Requests Rejecting bad input before it reaches a handler
09 Register & Login with JWT Accounts, hashed passwords, signed tokens
10 Auth Middleware Routes that know who is calling them
11 Gates & Policies Managers create and assign, members update status

Production

Episodes 12 to 20

The real endpoints, then everything a deployed app needs around them

12 Task CRUD The task endpoints the whole app exists for
13 File Storage: Attachments Uploads on a task, stored and served
14 Events & Listeners Notifications decoupled from the handlers
15 Queues & Jobs Slow work moved off the request
16 Mail: Assignment Emails A real email when a task lands on someone
17 Cache: Dashboard & Lists Hot reads served without touching Postgres
18 Scheduling & Artisan Commands Recurring work and a command you wrote
19 Feature Testing The whole API covered, top to bottom
20 Ship It: Docker & Deploy TaskFlow live on a URL you can share