GoQu

A Golang CLI tool in search of quotes

Goal

I wanted a simple CLI tool to retrieve quotes based on preferences.

Current Sources

Additional source will be added in the near future

• QuoteGarden: GitHub Repo

Packages used

Awesome packages used for CLI interactions and rendering:

• PTerm
• PromptUI

Execution

• Download application: GoQu Releases
• Extract .zip if needed
• Open terminal
• Navigate to the downloaded/extracted directory
• Execute ./goqu

Notes on implementation...

I've tried something new this time regarding error handling in Go, a more Pythonic approach as I treated errors like throwing exceptions.

Conclusion: the fact that this isn't idiomatic Go makes it a rather difficult to manage pattern. It doesn't seem like a good idea for the long term on a bigger project. The return statement is usually the issue, even though it's a far less hassle than handling the error every time it is returned from a function.