Wires #3: Local Setup and Development Tools

In this blog, we will install all the tools, development packages and to test you’ll create a simple server in C#.

Getting Started

Since i am developing this project on my archlinux btw, with very minimal setup tools, I won’t use any bloated IDEs. Feel free to use whatever you want! Before getting started, make sure to install:

• git
• go
• dotnet
• docker
• docker-compose

Directory Structure

I will structure my project as modules, each module has other sub modules.

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├── backend/
├── engine/
├── frontend/
└── README.md

Backend Setup

I am writing the backend in go and C#, for me here are my installed vesions.

• C# for the web API: .NET 8.0.100.
• Go for the simulation engine: 1.21.5 linux/amd64
• Docker and docker-compose : 24.0.7, 2.23.3

Let’s create the initial backend, we’ll use : dotent new webapi to create a barebone API.

As it’s shown below, the template API created by .NET has one simple GET route called : /weatherforecast which returns random values.

.NET creates launchSettings:

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    "http": {
      "commandName": "Project",
      "dotnetRunMessages": true,
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "launchUrl": "swagger",
      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:5086",
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      }
    },

Let’s run (dotnet run) and call the API:

Engine Setup

Let’s create a simple go project, contains just single main.go. Make sure to run : go mod init github.com/AYehia0/wires/engine

This creates a file called go.mod (will contain all the dependencies)

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package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Engine has been started!")
}

Run the engine using : go run .

Frontend

As I am a backend guy + I hate frontend frameworks, I will force myself to use the easiest thing ever (not vanila JS). Idk now lol

Resources

• Create a Web API with ASP.NET Core