http4k
Vert.x
| http4k | Vert.x | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 46 | |
| 2,495 | 14,080 | |
| 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| 9.8 | 9.5 | |
| 3 days ago | 4 days ago | |
| Kotlin | Java | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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http4k
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What's the state of server-side frameworks with Kotlin support today for small teams?
You named Express as an example for a good framework - I'd say both http4k and ktor come close to it. Spring Boot would really be on the other end and I met lots of JS/TS devs that didn't even want to touch it. I did have the same impression than you though: Documentation for ktor is not great at all.
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Which backend Frameworks for Web App is easy to learn?
http4k has excellent documentation and very simple concepts.
- Jackson, moshi or kotlinx.serialization?
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Application-as-a-Function Thinking
I couple of years ago I was lucky to use http4k, a server as a function web library for Kotlin. It was such a wonderful change compared to every other technologies available in both Java and Kotlin. It's simple.
Testing becomes so much easier too, as one can instantiate a the whole web routing aspect, without having to bind it to a port and having to send real http requests.
If strongly suggest people to take a look at it. It's not perfect, but it's a lot simpler than other frameworks and libraries. And it's a shift in some of the current mentality of using heavy frameworks (such as spring boot) which blow up anyone's cognitive load.
https://github.com/http4k/http4k
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How is the market for Kotlin developers where you live?
http4k with the contract, format-jackson, and server-undertow modules
Vert.x
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Spark – A web micro framework for Java and Kotlin
https://vertx.io/
It's actively maintained with full time developers, performant, supports Kotlin out of the box, and has more features?
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Reactive database access on the JVM
Hibernate Reactive integrates with Vert.x, but an extension allows to bridge to Project Reactor if wanted
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Looking for a coroutine-based message broker implementation for inter-app communication.
Have you looked at Vert.x?
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What's the state of server-side frameworks with Kotlin support today for small teams?
Explicitly so:
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Anything close beam/otp for other languages?
I really like Eclipse Vert.x... As both an Erlang dev and Java dev, it's a great synergy and soon to have support for Virtual Threads similar to BEAM.
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Go doesn’t do any magical stuff and I love that
There are many lean, popular, non-magical libraries in Java land. (https://quarkus.io/, https://vertx.io/, etc). Spring is a monster 😱. Its like comparing Kubernetes (written in Go) with some lean framework in another lang.
- PFA vs SRL
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Favorite hidden gem library?
Eclipse Vert.x - Add amazing Async to any Java stack
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Codeberg a GitHub Alternative from Europe
Vert.X example: https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/blob/master/src/main/java/examples/EventBusExamples.java#L106 (couldn't even find docs)
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Quarkus fundamentals
In fact, it builds on top of proven standards such as Eclipse MicroProfile or frameworks such as Vert.x or JAX‑RS.
What are some alternatives?
ktor - Framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort
Akka - Build highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications on the JVM
javalin - A simple and modern Java and Kotlin web framework [Moved to: https://github.com/javalin/javalin]
voyager-server-spring-boot-starter - Easily create REST endpoints with permissions (access control level) and hooks includeded
Quarkus - Quarkus: Supersonic Subatomic Java.
vertx-lang-kotlin - Vert.x for Kotlin
Micronaut - Micronaut Application Framework
kotlinx.html - Kotlin DSL for HTML
RxJava - RxJava – Reactive Extensions for the JVM – a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences for the Java VM.
kraph - GraphQL request string builder written in Kotlin
helidon - Java libraries for writing microservices