Maven Central is the most used repository for Java artifacts. Almost every Gradle file starts with: buildscript { repositories { mavenCentral() // maybe other repos here Yet publishing with Sontatype, OSSHR and Nexus (this article explains the terms really well) is a very slow and painful process:

Yes this is another guide on how to publish Android artifacts to Maven Central. Unlike other guides, it does cover extra “things” though: Gradle build files using Kotlin DSL. Publish AAR file artifacts. The publication includes a Source Jar file (hello withSourcesJar). The publication includes a Javadoc Jar file (hello…

This is the fourth part of my series on Kotlin based backend services. If you missed the first three parts: An opinionated Kotlin backend service - Framework An opinionated Kotlin backend service - Build & Deployment An opinionated Kotlin backend service - API Routing and Documentation ORM

In every language a "dedicated" engineer can write code that is hard to read and harder to maintain, Kotlin is no exception. …

This is the third part of my series on Kotlin based backend services. If you missed the first two parts: An opinionated Kotlin backend service — Framework An opinionated Kotlin backend service — Build & Deployment API Routing and documentation Ktor Routing Defining routes in Ktor is simple and very concise due to the DSL. To…

This is the second part of my series on Kotlin based backend services. If you missed the first part: An opinionated Kotlin backend service — Framework. Gradle Build I had four main requirements for the build system: I wanted to use Gradle (not Maven) Use a single language for code, configuration, build…

TL;DR; This article series explains the scaffolding for Kotlin / Ktor based backend services. It elaborates on the following topics: An opinionated Kotlin backend service - Framework An opinionated Kotlin backend service - Build & Deployment An opinionated Kotlin backend service - API Routing and Documentation + OpenAPI Generation with Ktor + Object…

Introduction As part of my series “An opinionated Kotlin backend service”, I was researching ways to generate OpenAPI documentation automatically (the problem). Before explaining how to generate api documentation from code (the solution), I will give a short overview of different approaches to generating such documentation. OpenAPI OpenAPI is the standard to…

Introduction As part of my series “An opinionated Kotlin backend service”, I was checking out different ways to serialize/deserialize JSON payloads. According to https://ktor.io/docs/serialization.html these are the supported converters: Gson Jackson kotlinx.serialization I tested #1 and #3 and because I like challenges from time to time I threw Moshi into the…