Web Hosting With Kotlin and Ktor

Kotlin has quickly become an increasingly popular programming language for building applications across various platforms. Its innovative features allow developers to complete everyday tasks more quickly, easily and expressively than with Java. Furthermore, it supports gradual migration of large existing codebases while guaranteeing seamless interoperability.

IntelliJ IDEA provides excellent Kotlin support with project templates, code assistance, debugging features and much more – plus comes bundled with its Kotlin plugin for seamless integration and updates.

Ktor is a Kotlin/Native framework that allows developers to quickly build asynchronous servers and client applications using Kotlin/Native languages. With a modular design that can accommodate plug-ins for routing, authentication, content negotiation and content negotiation features; along with non-blocking I/O capability that enables it to accommodate high traffic levels without impacting performance levels, this framework makes development simple for all types of developers.

In this article, you will discover how to create a Ktor server and client application using Kotlin and Thymeleaf templates. Once created, your application can be run and tested as you explore basic routing and requests in Ktor.

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