Stable v1.4.8

Roadmap

Learn about Roadmap in EchoNext.

This document outlines the future development plans for EchoNext.

Current Status (v1.4.8)

EchoNext is production-ready with comprehensive features:

✅ Core Framework

✅ CLI Tool

✅ Contrib Packages

✅ Documentation & Examples

Hot Reload Development Server
```
echonext dev --watch
```
- Watch for file changes
- Auto-rebuild and restart
- LiveReload integration for frontend
Enhanced Test Runner
```
echonext test --coverage --verbose
```
- Run tests with better reporting
- Code coverage analysis
- Test result formatting
Build Automation
```
echonext build --optimize --platform linux/amd64
```
- Optimized production builds
- Cross-platform compilation
- Binary size optimization

File Upload Support in OpenAPI
```
app.Upload("/avatar", uploadHandler, echonext.Route{
    Summary: "Upload avatar",
})
```
- Automatic multipart/form-data handling
- File validation (size, type)
- file.SaveTo() for easy persistence
- OpenAPI documentation for file endpoints

WebSocket Support
```
app.WS("/chat", chatHandler)
```
- Type-safe WebSocket handlers
- Hub pattern for broadcasting
- Connection management
- CLI generator: echonext generate websocket

GraphQL Support
```
app.GraphQL(graphql.Config{
    Path: "/graphql",
    PlaygroundPath: "/playground",
})
```
- Seamless gqlgen integration
- Echo context access in resolvers
- GraphQL playground
- Subscriptions support
- CLI generator: echonext generate graphql

Generate from OpenAPI
```
echonext generate openapi api.yaml
```
- Generate handlers from OpenAPI spec
- Generate models and DTOs
- Route registration code

Custom Templates
- User-defined code generation templates
- Template marketplace/sharing
- Project-specific scaffolding
More Generators
- Repository patterns
- Use case/interactor patterns
- Event handlers
- Scheduled jobs

Interactive Tutorial
- Step-by-step web-based tutorial
- Interactive code examples
- Video guides
API Playground
- Live API testing environment
- Share and test API definitions
- Mock server generation

Server-Sent Events (SSE)

app.SSE("/events", eventsHandler, echonext.SSE{
    Summary: "Live updates",
})

Background Jobs
- Job queue integration
- Scheduled tasks
- Retry mechanisms
- Job monitoring
Caching Layer
- Built-in caching middleware
- Redis integration
- Cache invalidation strategies
- Response caching

Generate from Database Schema
```
echonext generate from-db --connection postgres://...
```
- Auto-generate models from existing database
- Create CRUD handlers
- Relationship detection

Circuit Breaker
- Automatic failure detection
- Graceful degradation
- Recovery mechanisms
Advanced Rate Limiting
- Distributed rate limiting
- Per-user rate limits
- Token bucket algorithm
- Sliding window

gRPC Integration
- Type-safe gRPC handlers
- Automatic proto generation
- Gateway for HTTP/JSON
- Streaming support
Message Queue Integration
- RabbitMQ support
- Kafka support
- NATS support
- Event-driven patterns

Service Mesh Integration
- Istio compatibility
- Linkerd integration
- Automatic service discovery
Distributed Tracing Enhancements
- Advanced span relationships
- Trace sampling strategies
- Performance insights
- Error tracking

VS Code Extension
- Syntax highlighting for EchoNext patterns
- Code snippets
- Route visualization
- OpenAPI preview
CLI Plugin System
- Custom command plugins
- Community command marketplace
- Plugin development SDK

Load Testing Tools
```
echonext bench --duration 60s --rps 1000
```
- Built-in load testing
- Performance profiling
- Bottleneck identification
Contract Testing
- Consumer-driven contracts
- Provider verification
- Contract evolution