golang-bazel-monorepo

This project is a tutorial on using Bazel for building and managing Go projects. It provides step-by-step instructions on installing the necessary dependencies, such as Golang, Bazel, Bazelisk, and Gazelle. The README also includes commands for building and running the binary for different applications within the project. Additionally, it recommends installing Go Version Manager for managing different versions of Go. The tutorial aims to help developers understand and utilize Bazel effectively in their Go projects.

Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/o98xguY3nIA

Deps:

• Golang
• Bazel
• Bazelisk
• Gazelle

Install Bazel

brew install bazel

Install Bazelisk

go get github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk

Install Gazelle

go get github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle

Build Binary

  bazel build //...

Run Binary for app-one

  bazel run //apps/app-one

Run Binary for app-two

  bazel run //apps/app-two

Add Dependencies for app-one

cd apps/app-one
go get <dependency>
cd ../../
bazel run //:gazelle-update-repo-one
bazel build //...

Run Swagger

  cd apps/swagger
  yarn dev

Issues

If you find any issue, and it is taking too much time to resolve, run following command to clean all bazel generated files and caches

bazel clean --expunge

Recommendations

Install Go Version Manager

  bash < <(curl -s -S -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moovweb/gvm/master/binscripts/gvm-installer)