diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc031e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile linguist-vendored
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ecc177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.project
+.classpath
+.idea
+.cache
+.DS_Store
+*.im?
+target
+work
+bin/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49e1bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+GO := GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 go
+NAME := REPLACE_ME_APP_NAME
+OS := $(shell uname)
+MAIN_GO := main.go
+ROOT_PACKAGE := $(GIT_PROVIDER)/$(ORG)/$(NAME)
+GO_VERSION := $(shell $(GO) version | sed -e 's/^[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/')
+PACKAGE_DIRS := $(shell $(GO) list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
+PKGS := $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor | grep -v generated)
+PKGS := $(subst  :,_,$(PKGS))
+BUILDFLAGS := ''
+CGO_ENABLED = 0
+VENDOR_DIR=vendor
+
+all: build
+
+check: fmt build test
+
+build:
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) build -ldflags $(BUILDFLAGS) -o bin/$(NAME) $(MAIN_GO)
+
+test: 
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test $(PACKAGE_DIRS) -test.v
+
+full: $(PKGS)
+
+install:
+	GOBIN=${GOPATH}/bin $(GO) install -ldflags $(BUILDFLAGS) $(MAIN_GO)
+
+fmt:
+	@FORMATTED=`$(GO) fmt $(PACKAGE_DIRS)`
+	@([[ ! -z "$(FORMATTED)" ]] && printf "Fixed unformatted files:\n$(FORMATTED)") || true
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf build release
+
+linux:
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 $(GO) build -ldflags $(BUILDFLAGS) -o bin/$(NAME) $(MAIN_GO)
+
+.PHONY: release clean
+
+FGT := $(GOPATH)/bin/fgt
+$(FGT):
+	go get github.com/GeertJohan/fgt
+
+GOLINT := $(GOPATH)/bin/golint
+$(GOLINT):
+	go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
+
+$(PKGS): $(GOLINT) $(FGT)
+	@echo "LINTING"
+	@$(FGT) $(GOLINT) $(GOPATH)/src/$@/*.go
+	@echo "VETTING"
+	@go vet -v $@
+	@echo "TESTING"
+	@go test -v $@
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint: vendor | $(PKGS) $(GOLINT) # ❷
+	@cd $(BASE) && ret=0 && for pkg in $(PKGS); do \
+	    test -z "$$($(GOLINT) $$pkg | tee /dev/stderr)" || ret=1 ; \
+	done ; exit $$ret
+
+watch:
+	reflex -r "\.go$" -R "vendor.*" make skaffold-run
+
+skaffold-run: build
+	skaffold run -p dev
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6bd895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# golang-http           
diff --git a/curlloop.sh b/curlloop.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..581f919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curlloop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export APP="$1"
+echo "curling URL $APP in a loop..."
+
+while true
+do 
+    curl $APP 
+    sleep 2
+done
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c85a82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	title := "Jenkins X golang http example"
+
+	from := ""
+	if r.URL != nil {
+		from = r.URL.String()
+	}
+	if from != "/favicon.ico" {
+		log.Printf("title: %s\n", title)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello from:  "+title+"\n")
+}
+
+func main() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/", handler)
+	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
+}
diff --git a/watch.sh b/watch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49dce24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/watch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+make skaffold-run
+reflex -r "\.go$" -R "vendor.*" make skaffold-run