Go Auto-Recompile and Reload Server on file change

Question

I know AppEngine does this, but I\'m not coding for it.

I tried using Guard from Ruby world, to listen on changes on .go files, and execut

Answer 1

I used a tool called entr

To install brew install entr (mac)
or, sudo apt-get install entr (linux)

To recompile & run on .go file changes, run the following command ...

ls **/*.go | entr go run main.go

Answer 2

You can also try out Gin by Codegangsta. It's fire and forget.

https://github.com/codegangsta/gin

EDIT: I prefer CompileDaemon nowadays. Gin sometimes won't accept requests

Answer 3

there are 2 main contenders here in GO world fresh & glide

But I will go with Fresh https://github.com/gravityblast/fresh