Worky Demo

The demo workshop is included in the worky repository under demo/. It’s the fastest way to see worky in action.

Run it now

Just Go:

git clone https://github.com/davideimola/worky
cd worky/demo
go mod tidy
go run . serve --open

The workshop server starts on http://localhost:8080 and opens in your browser.

Chapters

Chapter 00 — Getting Started

Verifies your environment is ready.

Checks:

• done.txt exists in the current directory
• WORKSHOP_USER environment variable is set

touch done.txt
export WORKSHOP_USER=yourname
go run . check

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Chapter 01 — Hello Worky

A simple file creation and content check.

Checks:

• hello.txt exists
• hello.txt contains the text "Hello, Worky!"

echo "Hello, Worky!" > hello.txt
go run . check

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Chapter 02 — Finishing Up

The final chapter.

Checks:

• complete.md exists
• complete.md contains "# Workshop Complete"

echo "# Workshop Complete" > complete.md
go run . check

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What you’ll see

As each check passes, the sidebar icons in your browser update live — no refresh needed. The status command shows your overall progress:

go run . status

  ✅  Chapter 00: Getting Started
  ✅  Chapter 01: Hello Worky
  🔓  Chapter 02: Finishing Up

When all chapters are complete, a banner appears in the browser.

Reset and replay

go run . reset
go run . status

  🔓  Chapter 00: Getting Started
  🔒  Chapter 01: Hello Worky
  🔒  Chapter 02: Finishing Up

Source code

The demo main.go shows a minimal but complete worky setup using the checks sub-package:

worky.New(worky.Config{
    Name:    "Worky Demo",
    HomeDir: ".worky-demo",
    Port:    8080,
    SiteFS:  site,
    Chapters: []worky.Chapter{
        {
            ID:   "00",
            Name: "Getting Started",
            Slug: "00-getting-started",
            Checks: []worky.Check{
                {
                    Description: "done.txt exists in current directory",
                    Run:         checks.FileExists("done.txt"),
                },
                {
                    Description: "WORKSHOP_USER environment variable is set",
                    Run:         checks.EnvVarSet("WORKSHOP_USER"),
                },
            },
        },
        // ...
    },
}).Run()