Refactored configuration files and added DEBUG_MODE environment variable

.env.example

@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # APP
 APP_PORT=8000
-APP_HOST="localhost"
+APP_HOST=localhost
+DEBUG_MODE=true
 
 # API
-API_PATH="/api/v1/"
+API_PATH=/api/v1/
 
 # MISC
-FORCE_SSL="false"
-GO_ENV="development"
+FORCE_SSL=false
 
 # External Services
 
 ## PSQL
 ### To enable PSQL connection, set PSQL_ENABLED true
 PSQL_ENABLED=false
 
-POSTGRES_HOST="localhost"
+POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-POSTGRES_USER="postgres"
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD="postgres"
-POSTGRES_DB="postgres"
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+POSTGRES_DB=postgres

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .env
-vendor/
+vendor/
+bin/main

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+_DEFAULT_GOAL := run
+
 include .env
 
+build:
+	go build -o bin/main main.go
+
 run:
 	go run main.go
 

README.md

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Feel free to fork the project and use it as a starting point for your next web a
 
 ## Folder structure
 
+- `bin`- Binary folder for the web application. Mostly used for different scripts or when compiling Go code
 - `docs` - Web Application documentation
 - `handlers` - Controller component (in MVC architecture) folder. Contain the logic for the web application (e.g. API, Error Handling, etc.)
 - `handlers/api` - API request and response handling

main.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Error loading .env file")
 	}
 
-	if os.Getenv("APP_ENV") == "production" && os.Getenv("DEBUG_MODE") != "true" {
+	if os.Getenv("DEBUG_MODE") != "true" {
 		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
 	}