Configuring Kotlin

You can use either Gradle or Maven to build your Kotlin project. You can create a new Kotlin project in Intellij IDEA without any build automation, but here is how to set up a Kotlin project for Gradle and Maven.

Configuring Kotlin for Gradle

To use the Kotlin language with Gradle, first add the following buildscript { } block to your build.gradle file:

buildscript {
     ext.kotlin_version = '<version to use>'

     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }

     dependencies {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle- 
         plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }

Then, you will need to apply the plugin, as shown in the following code, as well as the directories that will...