Back to the Future: Modernizing CLIs Using Go
summary
Demonstrates a working Go CLI called time-travel that parses commands like pause/return, emits text/JSON/YAML and an interactive termdash dashboard, and cleanly handles interrupts using a buffered channel and goroutine so the demo exits with a graceful "time circuits off" message. Uses Cobra CLI for scaffolding, standard flags and terminal detection to switch output modes, simple scanner-based prompts for human input, and shows cross-compilation benefits; all examples compile and the live demo runs as shown.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03Back to the Future
- 1:35The Time Traveling DeLorean
- 6:29The Golden Rule
- 12:32Output
- 16:29Demo
- 24:43Outro
