What problem does it solve?
This Skill provides comprehensive guidance and best practices for developing backend services using the Ktor framework in Kotlin, ensuring efficient, scalable, and maintainable API development.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Framework Guardrails: Enforces Ktor best practices for routing, serialization, authentication, and error handling.
- Project Structure: Offers a recommended directory layout for Ktor projects.
- Database Integration: Guides on using Exposed ORM with coroutine-safe transactions.
- Testing Strategies: Details integration and unit testing approaches for Ktor applications.
- Use Case: When starting a new microservice with Kotlin, use this Skill to set up a well-structured Ktor project, configure essential plugins like authentication and serialization, and implement robust error handling.
Quick Start
Use the ktor skill to generate a basic Ktor project structure and configure essential plugins like routing and serialization.