Data Entry web application using GoLang

Hi

I am planning to develop data entry web application which provides a consistent web interface to its users. Previosuly I have developed it in windows as a desktop application and now I want to convert it into a web application. I do have understanding of writing REST API, backend development in GoLang.

However I do not have much knowledge on developing web clients.

I am thinking to develop a REST api for this application and access these API from web interface client and in future if needed, I can easily switch to other clients/front end technology.

As this application is pretty common requirement, Could you guys please suggest me which front end technology I should go for and best practices involved in these kind of data entry intensive web applications?

Also my Priority is learn more on :

1. Golang for back end application
2. Learn a good front end technology so that I can develop application end to end on my own for my freelance projects.
3. Learn all the user management, session handling, web sockets concepts using golang.

Looking forward to you guys for valuable suggestions.

Thanks

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评论：

BitRateChaos:

Definitely give Vue.js a try. It's got a tolerable learning curve, all the (optional) tools you'll need for routing and state management and a chrome extension to help with debugging.

darkmagician2:

This isn't really the place to discuss front end technologies but many people here use Polymer, a Web Component library by Google https://www.polymer-project.org 

nkumar15:

Thanks darkmagician, I will look at it.
Actually the reason I asked this question here is to understand how gophers are using golang with front end technology. Becuase most of the examples which I see with golang is based on html/template library and at the same time golang ideology is to not use any web frame work.

With html/template approach, I felt like it will be very time consuming if I am require to use templates for this data entry forms.

May be I am wrong as I am new to golang, but initially I am finding it bit difficult to grasp  things with templates.

darkmagician2:

A RESTful design where your Go backend serves JSON up to your Polymer frontend seems like would be a great option for you. On the Polymer side you would use <iron-ajax> to interact with the REST server. Just be aware Polymer 2 is officially releasing in the next few weeks, right now it's in release candidate

nkumar15:

Its really a helpful information. thanks..

Antshockey:

I use EmberJS for my front ends. 

It has a bit of a learning curve but once you get past it, it is a fantastic framework if used alongside Ember Cli

markrwest:

gobuffalo.io is a "rails-like" web application development framework that was used to create the gopheracadamy.com website. I can't give a true recommendation because I am only just starting to use it, but the reviews are good. Even if you don't use it, you may look at it to see an example of front-end development in a golang context.

FourSigma:

For a quick MVP, I would do Vue.js.   Long term I would go with Angular  2.   It has Typescript support baked in and it has all the perks (and downsides of course) of a framework.