Centralizing error handling to a helpers package

internal/render/render.go

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/config"
+	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/helpers"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/models"
 	"html/template"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ func RenderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, tmpl string, td *mod
 
 	err := t.Execute(buf, td)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
+		helpers.ServerError(w, err)
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// render the template
 	_, err = buf.WriteTo(w)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
+		helpers.ServerError(w, err)
 		return err
 	}
 

internal/render/setup_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/config"
 	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/models"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 
 	testApp.Session = session
 
+	infoLog := log.New(os.Stdout, "INFO\t", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
+	testApp.InfoLog = infoLog
+
+	errorLog := log.New(os.Stdout, "ERROR\t", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	testApp.ErrorLog = errorLog
+
 	app = &testApp
 
 	os.Exit(m.Run())