golang-gin-best-practices

Build REST APIs with Go Gin. Use when creating Go web servers, adding Gin routes, writing handlers, or asking about middleware, binding, error handling, or project structure.

JWT auth and RBAC for Go Gin APIs. Use when adding login, signup, JWT tokens, role checks, protected routes, or password hashing to a Gin app.

PostgreSQL integration for Go Gin with GORM/sqlx. Use when adding a database, writing queries, creating repositories, running migrations, or wiring DB layers in a Gin project.

Software architect for Go Gin APIs. Use when making architecture decisions, evaluating complexity, designing systems, choosing patterns, or coordinating across gin skills.

Deploy Go Gin APIs with Docker, docker-compose, Kubernetes. Use when Dockerizing a Go app, setting up docker-compose, deploying to K8s, or configuring CI/CD and health probes.

PostgreSQL DBA for Go Gin APIs. Use when designing schemas, analyzing migrations, choosing indexes, optimizing queries, or selecting extensions (pgvector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB).

Swagger/OpenAPI docs for Go Gin with swaggo/swag. Use when adding API docs, Swagger UI, endpoint annotations, or generating swagger.json for a Gin application.

Test Go Gin APIs with httptest, table-driven tests, testcontainers. Use when writing tests for Gin handlers, services, middleware, or setting up integration and e2e tests.