Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this thing called “gown,” and let me tell you, it’s been a bit of a ride. I wanted to get a simple web server up and running, nothing fancy, just to see how this whole thing works.
Getting Started
First things first, I had to, you know, actually get “gown” on my machine. I already had Go installed because, well, I play around with Go stuff sometimes. So, getting “gown” itself was pretty straightforward. I just ran that command they tell you to run:
go install */twharmon/gown@latest
Then, boom, I supposedly had “gown” installed. I say “supposedly” because, at first, I wasn’t entirely sure it worked. I’m no expert, okay?
Building Something Simple
Next up, I needed some code. I didn’t want to build anything crazy, so I just went with their super basic example. It’s like, the “Hello, World!” of web servers, I guess. Copied and pasted that code into a file I named, creatively, `*`.
Running the Thing
Now for the moment of truth. I opened up my terminal, navigated to where I saved that `*` file, and typed in the command:
gown
And… stuff started happening! Text scrolled by, and it looked like it was actually doing something. It told me the server was running on some port, I think it was 8080.I nervously typed that address into my browser… and BAM! There it was. My super basic webpage. It felt good, ngl.
Playing Around with Responses
- I started to experiment a bit.
- I fiddled with the response code.
- Changing that number to, like, 404 or something.
- Then I refreshed the browser, and sure enough, it gave me a different message.
Adding Some Routes
After I got the basics down, I wanted to see if I could add more than just one page. I added the new route and associated the new route to its handler.
I saved my changes, ran the “gown” command again, and checked it out in my browser. I had two different “pages” now! Okay, they were just showing different text, but still, progress!
My Takeaway
So, that’s my little “gown” adventure so far. It’s definitely simple to get started, which I appreciate. I’m not building the next Facebook or anything, but it’s cool to see how easy it is to get a basic web server running with this thing. I might actually try building something a little more complex next time, just to see what else it can do.
