Project tutorial
Build a Gin Blog
Build Mossbank Post with Gin, Bootstrap 5, PostgreSQL, cookie sessions, owned post CRUD, search, password recovery, and Fly.io deploy notes.
How this project works
Mossbank Post is an original teaching blog in twelve complete snapshots. Clone once and run any numbered folder without rebuilding earlier stages.
The path starts with Gin and routing, adds Bootstrap layouts, then introduces isolated Postgres databases. Later parts add sessions, media, ownership, pagination, search, reset tokens, and deploy notes.
Snapshots 4–12 seed [email protected] and [email protected] with password123.
Local Postgres runs through Docker Compose on host port 5446 with databases mossbank_01–mossbank_12.
Start with part 1 Open GitHub repo
Parts in order
Work through the parts in sequence. Each lesson explains the ideas in plain language, then points you to a complete runnable snapshot on GitHub for that stage.
- Part 1: Getting StartedCreate a minimal Gin app.
- Part 2: RoutingOrganize page routes.
- Part 3: Layout and UIRender a shared layout and sample cards.
- Part 4: Data LayerPersist authors and posts.
- Part 5: Feed and DetailBuild a database-backed feed and post detail.
- Part 6: RegistrationValidate accounts and store bcrypt hashes.
- Part 7: Login and SessionsAuthenticate with signed session cookies.
- Part 8: Profiles and MediaShow profiles and accept constrained avatar uploads.
- Part 9: Posts CRUD and OwnershipCreate, edit, and delete posts with owner authorization.
- Part 10: Pagination and SearchPaginate the feed and search post text.
- Part 11: Password ResetIssue expiring one-use password reset tokens.
- Part 12: DeployPrepare Mossbank Post for Fly.io.