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Introduction to the Notes App

Introduction to the Notes App

Learn how to build a notes application using Go and Beego. Discover the features and endpoints of the application and understand what we will achieve.

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Building a CRUD notes application

In the following lessons, we’ll create a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) notes application using the Go programming language and the Beego framework.

Application endpoints

Our application will provide the following HTTP endpoints to handle various operations on notes:

Request Type

Endpoint

Description

GET

/notes

It will display all the notes available in the application, allowing the user to browse his/her existing notes at a glance.

GET

/notes/new

This endpoint renders a form to create a new note.

POST

/notes

When the user submits the form on /notes/new page, this endpoint is responsible for creating a new note and adding it to our application.

GET

/notes/:id

It enables users to view the details of a specific note. When the user clicks on it, it displays the title and content of the selected note.

GET

/notes/edit/:id

It renders the form to edit the note with the ID passed in the URL

POST

/notes/:id

When users submit the form on /notes/edit/:id, this endpoint will be in charge of updating the note with the modified title and content.

DELETE

/notes/:id

Users can delete a note using this endpoint, allowing them to remove notes they no longer need.

Note attributes

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