Comment by ErroneousBosh 3 days ago
I love the idea that I can compile all my functionality including HTML templates, javascript, and CSS into a single albeit huge Golang binary.
I have never done this yet.
But I love the idea of it.
But that uses Javascript and Typescript, and I don't know those.
I guess I need to learn Javascript at some point.
This is what I'm doing with my side project! A set of personal smart picture frames for me and my partner. One executable does:
- the uploader API
- the uploader UI
- the frame API
- the frame UI
UIs are SSG'd with solid-js and solid-start then served with gin.
It's really fun.
I loved uberjars back when I was writing Scala. I don't miss much about the JVM, but I really miss having a single executable I could just upload and run without having to pay attention to the environment on the host machine.
Yeah, but building a docker image tends to be a lot heavier weight and slower, in my experience, than uploading a single jar
Heavier weight? Yes. Slower? Should be the same performance. Unless you are on a non-linux host, then there is no docker penalty.
The only time I can think where a JVM might be faster is if you have a multi-tenant setup. In that case, the JVM can be more effective with the GC vs having multiple JVMs running.
You can already do this with Deno Compile
https://deno.com/blog/deno-compile-executable-programs