ktor-hello-world

based on this Udemy Course Section 2

Topics Covered

• Embedded Server vs. Engine Main
• Multiple Modules
• Running locally on port 8080
• Passing URL Params
• Passing Query Parameters
• Returning Custom Object
• Try / Catch with various error codes
• Redirecting to another URL
• Serving static content -> text, html, jpg
• HTML DSL

Project Setup

• Configured using IntelliJ's Ktor Configurator vs. following the course.
• Ktor Project Generator Is also very useful to configure and create the project with all necessary plugins / resources.

Configs

Referenced this Config Example as a model for the build.gradle

Plugin Integration

Followed Ktor Docs for Content Negotiation and Serialization.

• Add Dependencies: Content Negotiation + Json
• Install Content Negotiation
• Configure a Serializaer -> Json

Static Content

Course is using deprecated calls for serving static content. I implemented what was recommended in the Ktor Docs