How to do it...

  1. Install the github.com/gorilla/mux package using the go get command, as follows:
$ go get github.com/gorilla/mux
  1. Create serve-static-files-gorilla-mux.go, where we will create a Gorilla Mux router instead of an HTTP FileServer, as follows:
package mainimport (  "html/template"  "log"  "net/http"  "github.com/gorilla/mux")const (  CONN_HOST = "localhost"  CONN_PORT = "8080")type Person struct {  Id string  Name string}func renderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {  person := Person{Id: "1", Name: "Foo"}  parsedTemplate, _ := template.ParseFiles("templates/  first-template.html")  err := parsedTemplate.Execute(w, person)  if err != nil   {    log.Printf("Error occurred while executing the template  or writing its output : ...

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