This is an example Buffalo application using the trusted "todo" application.

$ go get -u -v -t github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/...
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/gobuffalo/toodo

This application, like most "standard" Buffalo applications uses NPM/Node to build and manage it's assets.

You will need to install Node and NPM, then install the dependencies for this application:

$ npm install

This application is backed by a SQLite3 database, so there isn't much to get the database setup and running.

$ buffalo db create -a -d

The -a flag will create all of the databases list in the database.yml file. The -d flag will print debugging information out so you can see what is being done.

Both flags are completely optional. If the -a flag is not present it will default to creating the development database.

The next step is create all of the tables and schema information we need to run this application. Buffalo has a command to let us do that.

$ buffalo db migrate

When run you should see output similar to the following:

v3.11.3

> 20170130231524_create_todos.up.fizz

0.0043 seconds

In the grifts/seed.go file is a seed task that will clear out any existing todos in the database and insert a new todo.

$ buffalo task db:seed

Next, let's make sure everything works like we expect it to by running the tests:

$ buffalo test

You should see an output similar to the following:

Buffalo version 0.7.3

go test github.com/gobuffalo/toodo github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/actions github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/grifts github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/models
?   	github.com/gobuffalo/toodo	[no test files]
ok  	github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/actions	0.072s
?   	github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/grifts	[no test files]
ok  	github.com/gobuffalo/toodo/models	0.018s

Finally all that is left to do is run the application and play with it in a browser.

$ buffalo dev

Now, head over to http://127.0.0.1:3000 and start playing with your new Buffalo application!

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