In this project we develop an interactive online platform that connects language learners with teachers for personalized online lessons by offering a platform where learners can choose a tutor based on their target language, fluency and budget.
To get started, clone this repositry in your local machine.
You need the following to run the web application.
Postgresql
Go
Inside the ../backend directory, the following commands need to be run in terminal to download required Go packages.
Install Chi router
go get -u github.com/go-chi/chi/v5
Install goose to run migrations into database.
go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@latest
Import a postgresql driver
go get github.com/lib/pq
Configure postgres as follows:
username: postgres
password: dummypass
host: localhost
port: 5432
database: lingua
cd into /sql/schema and run the following code in terminal to set-up the database.
goose postgres postgres://postgres:dummypass@localhost:5432/lingua up
Bacl in ../backend directory, run the below command in terminal.
go build && ./backend
If no error is shown, the backend server is up and running in port: 5000