Ktor Tutorial #3: Project Setup — Your First Ktor Application
In the previous tutorials, we learned what Ktor is and how it compares to Spring Boot. Now it is time to build a real project. We will set up a proper Ktor application with the right project structure, plugins, error handling, and configuration. This is the foundation for everything we build in this series. Project Structure Here is the project structure we will create: ktor-tutorial/ ├── build.gradle.kts ├── settings.gradle.kts ├── gradle.properties ├── src/ │ ├── main/ │ │ ├── kotlin/ │ │ │ └── com/kemalcodes/ │ │ │ ├── Application.kt │ │ │ └── plugins/ │ │ │ ├── Routing.kt │ │ │ └── StatusPages.kt │ │ └── resources/ │ │ └── logback.xml │ └── test/ │ └── kotlin/ │ └── com/kemalcodes/ │ └── ApplicationTest.kt This follows the standard Kotlin/Gradle layout. Source code goes in src/main/kotlin, resources in src/main/resources, and tests in src/test/kotlin. ...