Design Command-Line Tools People Love

Design Command-Line Tools People Love

Learn how to design and build command-line tools that developers love to use and maintain in this 41-minute GopherCon 2019 talk by Carolyn Van Slyck. Discover techniques for leveraging popular Go libraries, structuring code for improved reusability and testability, publishing binaries, and creating user-friendly commands. Explore topics such as grammar, precedent, emojis, natural-sounding commands, JSON output, human-readable output, date-time handling, and effective help documentation. Gain insights into automating tasks, implementing task-based commands using Cobra, and configuring applications with Viper. Master the art of creating CLI tools that are both powerful and enjoyable to use.