gin server for development which custom settings. (start inside frontend project: go run gin.dev.server.go start 9090 ./build)

gin.dev.server.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/gin-gonic/contrib/static"
	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)

type Server struct{}

type Config struct {
	StaticFolder string
	Port         string
}

func (config *Config) SetDefault() {
	config.Port = "3000"
	config.StaticFolder = "./public"
}

// NewEngine return the new gin server
func (server *Server) NewEngine(config *Config) {
	router := gin.Default()

	// router
	router.Use(gin.Logger())
	router.Use(gin.Recovery())

	// all frontend
	fmt.Print("static folder:\n")
	fmt.Print(config.StaticFolder)
	fmt.Print("\n")
	router.Use(static.Serve("/", static.LocalFile(config.StaticFolder, true)))

	router.Run(":" + config.Port)
}

func startServer(args []string) {
	// set config
	config := Config{}
	config.SetDefault()
	if len(args) > 1 { // set port
		config.Port = args[2]
	}
	if len(args) > 2 { // set static folder
		config.StaticFolder = args[3]
	}
	// start server
	server := Server{}
	server.NewEngine(&config)
}

func main() {
	args := os.Args
	if (len(args) > 1) && args[1] == "start" {
		startServer(args)
	}
}