# mmcgrana/gobyexample

**Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mmcgrana-gobyexample).**

8,135 stars · 1,382 forks · Go

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/mmcgrana/gobyexample
- Homepage: https://gobyexample.com
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mmcgrana-gobyexample.md

## Description

This project is a toolchain and static site generator designed to transform Go source code and comments into structured, educational technical tutorials. It functions as a build pipeline that extracts executable logic and descriptive text from source files to render them into a public-facing website.

The system uses HTML templates to convert extracted content into a consistent site structure. It includes a local web server for previewing and testing generated documentation before it is published to a production environment.

Deployment capabilities include a utility for uploading the final static assets to cloud storage, specifically supporting Amazon S3 for scalable web hosting.

## Tags

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Documentation Toolchains](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/build-toolchains/documentation-toolchains.md) — Provides an integrated toolchain that extracts executable logic from Go source files to create annotated tutorials.
- [Build Pipelines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/build-pipelines.md) — Manages a sequential build pipeline that transforms Go source code into deployable static web assets.
- [S3 File Uploads](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/file-uploaders/s3-file-uploads.md) — Includes a utility for uploading generated static site assets to Amazon S3 buckets for production delivery.

### Content Management & Publishing

- [Static Site Generation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/static-site-document-generators/static-site-generators/static-site-generation.md) — Transforms raw Go source files and comments into static HTML pages for fast and scalable hosting.
- [Educational Course Sites](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/static-site-document-generators/static-site-generators/static-site-generation/educational-course-sites.md) — Generates structured sites featuring annotated Go example programs specifically designed for technical instruction. ([source](https://github.com/mmcgrana/gobyexample#readme))
- [Static Site Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/static-site-generators.md) — Functions as a static site generator that converts Go source code and comments into a structured educational website.
- [Static Site Templating](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/static-site-templating.md) — Uses HTML templates to inject extracted code and comments into consistent layouts for static page generation.

### Education & Learning Resources

- [Technical Domain Education](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/education-learning-resources/technical-domain-education.md) — Converts source code and comments into structured technical tutorials to teach programming concepts through examples.

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Documentation Workflows](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/go-development-workflows/documentation-workflows.md) — Implements a dedicated workflow for managing annotated Go code samples and rendering them as educational resources.
- [Source Comment Parsers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/programming-language-varieties/programming-languages/cross-language-parsing-integrations/source-comment-parsers.md) — Parses Go source code to extract descriptive comments for use as content in technical tutorials.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Cloud Storage File Operations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/file-uploaders/drag-and-drop-file-upload/remote-session-file-uploads/device-to-host-file-uploads/cloud-storage-file-uploads/cloud-storage-file-operations.md) — Provides cloud storage file operations to upload the final generated static site to a public provider. ([source](https://github.com/mmcgrana/gobyexample#readme))

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Programming Languages](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/programming-languages.md) — Hands-on introduction to Go using annotated examples.