Koweb

#Introduction

Koweb includes everything you need to build rich, dynamic websites, as well as web applications, while being able to leverage the greater Kotlin ecosystem.

This means you get to use HTML (an elegant, reactive library which should be familiar to most Android developers) to declare your HTML structure while also leaning on the Kobweb framework for features like page routing, client/server communication, light/dark color mode support, and a modern widget set.

#Getting Started

The first step for starting with Kobweb is to get the Kobweb binary. You can install it, download it, and/or build it, so we’ll include instructions for all these approaches.

When in doubt, we recommend installation via one of the package managers we support.

scoop bucket add java
scoop install java/openjdk

scoop bucket add varabyte https://github.com/varabyte/scoop-varabyte.git
scoop install varabyte/kobweb

In a terminal, run the following commands:

kobweb create app

You’ll be asked a few questions required for setting up your project.

You don’t need to create a root folder for your project ahead of time – the setup process will prompt you for one to create.

Notice that there’s no index.html or routing logic anywhere! Kobweb generate that for you automatically when you build your Kobweb project.

#Run the default app site

cd project/site
kobweb run