Hey there. General question: is Ktor usable with IDEA Community? I know that there is a Ktor plugin ...

# ktor

[Edoardo Luppi]

Hey there. General question: is Ktor usable with IDEA Community?
I know that there is a Ktor plugin for Ultimate, so wonder what disadvantages would Community have compared to Ultimate.

[kevin.cianfarini]

I’ve used it in community perfectly fine!

[Edoardo Luppi]

Thanks Kevin. As always, it's better to not expect the business to pay for Ultimate licenses, so wanted to be sure.

[Edoardo Luppi]

@kevin.cianfarini did you find browsing the code difficult? Or for example, adding new endpoints.

[kevin.cianfarini]

Nope

[krzysztof]

Hey, I’m using community in my side projects and it works just fine. The only downside I found was that every SQL file would require Ultimate to make plugins work. But I’m using SQLDelight, which comes with its own plugin, so this is fine in my case

[kevin.cianfarini]

Also using SQLDelight on my end.

[Edoardo Luppi]

every SQL file would require Ultimate to make plugins work

Could you clarify this point?
I know that database support is paid, but that would be fine, as we don't need DB interactions as of now.

[Edoardo Luppi]

Btw, nice to know the basics work, thanks!

[hfhbd]

I also use ktor and sqldelight. In private projects I use community edition, but at work ultimate. I don’t use the ktor plugin (I don’t see a use-case), but I really like the remote connection/data upload as well as the database support. The Sqldelight plugin still lacks many features. Also the ultimate license costs about 500€/year, this is about 2,50€ per work day and definitely a no brainer compared to the value I generate with this tool for work. And if everyone uses the CE, who would pay for the Kotlin development? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Edoardo Luppi]

license costs about 500€/year

Yeah I pay for my own. But prices may not be aligned in other countries where 500 dollars is a month of pay.
And businesses are cutting down on extra costs too

[krzysztof]

Could you clarify this point?

Syntax highlighting and code hints is disabled in sql files

[Edoardo Luppi]

Syntax highlighting and code hints is disabled in sql files

Ahhh that's fine! I was thinking about the plugin you mentioned and wasn't really understanding