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  1. Spring

    Spring Framework

    some new extension-methods for Kotlin were added, like RestOperationsExtensions.kt

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  3. initializr

    A quickstart generator for Spring projects

    As usual, we start from https://start.spring.io/

  4. jackson-module-kotlin

    Module that adds support for serialization/deserialization of Kotlin (http://kotlinlang.org) classes and data classes.

    You should add Jackson Module Kotlin in your project. After that, you can't specify a type of object explicitly.

  5. mockk

    mocking library for Kotlin

    Mockito does not work correctly with Kotlin types out of the box. Spring recommends using Mockk. There is also a special module for Mockito, which adds support for Kotlin - Mockito-Kotlin.

  6. mockito-kotlin

    Using Mockito with Kotlin

    Mockito does not work correctly with Kotlin types out of the box. Spring recommends using Mockk. There is also a special module for Mockito, which adds support for Kotlin - Mockito-Kotlin.

  7. kotlin-logging

    Lightweight Multiplatform logging framework for Kotlin. A convenient and performant logging facade.

    We chose kotlin-logging. It is a really convenient library and you can use it like this:

  8. mapstruct-examples

    Examples for using MapStruct

    MapStruct and Kotlin

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