At this point, we are ready to start diving into creating web applications using the Echo framework. Within this chapter, it has been shown how the base Go net/http standard library represents HTTP request and response types, web request handlers, as well as how the built-in Go web server works. Due to the minimalist implementation of Go's standard library, there exists the need for using a web application framework for handling common tasks, and increasing developer efficiencies. This chapter has also covered some basic environmental setup, as well as installation of a version-pinned Echo dependency. 

The following chapters will go into depth about the features of the Echo framework, and include real-world examples of how Echo will allow you to create services efficiently and effectively that excel in performance and ease of development.