Quarkus - Hello world example using Kotlin!

Quarkus with kotlin getting started example. If you are new to the quarkus then please watch the below video to get started with Quarkus.

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Tech Stack:

Kotlin
VSCode
Quarkus
GRadle
REST API

Create Project:

Create a project using the launch Quarkus Initializr using https://code.quarkus.io/ or you can use the VSCode editor.

Check the above screenshot, we have specified the following details:

Build Tool: Gradle with Kotlin
Group: org.techwasti.demo
Artifact: kotlin-quarkus-hello
Search & Pick extensions: RESTEasy JSON-B

Generate a Quarkus project and downloads it. then, Unzip the downloaded zip file and import it into your favorite IDE.

See the Project Structure,

Quarkus core Technologies :

Quarkus uses RESTEasy for the JAX-RS endpoint.
Quarkus uses Vert.x and Netty at its core, providing a reactive and non-blocking HTTP layer.
Quarkus uses JBoss Log Manager as the default logging framework.
Quartus utilizes a modified version of Undertow that runs on top of Vert.x
Quarkus uses SmallRye Config, implementation of Eclipse MicroProfile Config, for configuration data.

For testing:

Quarkus uses JUnit 5 for testing.
Quarkus uses rest-assured to test HTTP endpoints.

build.gradle file

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'io.quarkus'
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    mavenLocal()
}

dependencies {
    implementation enforcedPlatform("${quarkusPlatformGroupId}:${quarkusPlatformArtifactId}:${quarkusPlatformVersion}")
    implementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-jsonb'
    implementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-arc'
    implementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive'
    testImplementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-junit5'
    testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured'
}

group 'org.techwasti.demo'
version '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'

java {
    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
}

compileJava {
    options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
    options.compilerArgs << '-parameters'
}

compileTestJava {
    options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
}

Let us see the hello world controller coding.

package org.techwasti.demo;

import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;

@Path("/hello")
public class GreetingResource {

    @GET
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    public String hello() {
        return "Hello from RESTEasy Reactive";
    }
}

In this code snippet, we have a GET endpoint that is returning the string. Let us run the command to build the project

gradle build

To run the application then use the below command.

./gradlew --console=plain quarkusDev

And hit URL

$ curl -w "\n" http://localhost:8080/hello

SourceCode:

Find the complete source code here.

https://github.com/knowledgefactory4u/Quarkus/tree/main/kotlin-quarku-helloworld

Conclusion:

This article demonstrates you quarkus kotlin helloworld application.

More such articles:

https://medium.com/techwasti

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiTaHm1AYqMS4F4L9zyO7qA

https://www.techwasti.com/

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For testing:

build.gradle file

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