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Creating a new Ktor project

Creating a new Ktor project

From the course: Transitioning from Java to Kotlin

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Creating a new Ktor project

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- [Instructor] You're ready to go all in with Kotlin for your next server site application. So where do you start? If you're looking for something built from the ground up with Kotlin that takes advantage of all its language features, then Ktor is a great choice. With that in mind, let's create a new Ktor project using IntelliJ, so we can start exploring this framework in more depth. For a quick refresher, Ktor is a Kotlin framework for building client server applications. It's built with Kotlin from the ground up by JetBrains, the creators of the Kotlin language. Because of this, Ktor takes full advantage of Kotlin language features, such as higher order functions, type safe builders and coroutines. Additionally, Ktor supports Kotlin Multiplatform applications and can be used across JVM, Android, JavaScript and other targets. So, how do we create a new Ktor project? If you're using IntelliJ IDEA…

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