Is there a non-cursed way to use a compiled Kotlin...

# compose-web

[Laxystem]

Is there a non-cursed way to use a compiled Kotlin/Wasm website with Ktor on Kotlin/JVM?

That is, have a Compose Web website on a Kotlin/JVM server.

For context, the cursed way is just copying the compiled Kotlin/Wasm to the server's resources directory in a Gradle task.

[AdamW]

How is that cursed? 😅

[Laxystem]

Cause then I need to manage caching of said resources myself... It just feels like something that should be handled by the Kotlin/multiplatform plugin itself.

[Arjan van Wieringen]

You mean browser caching?

[Laxystem]

I mean not loading the page from the disk every time.

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Loading at what moment? When you move it to resources of the server?

[Laxystem]

@Arjan van Wieringen I mean, when a browser asks for a webpage, theoretically, it should be cached, not loaded from disk.

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Yeah, so you should solve that with proper cache control from the server and the browser will follow these rules. I fail to see how http cache control headers should be a responsibility of the Kotlin Multiplatform plug-in? It is very easy to do with Ktor

[Laxystem]

I meant, literally cache the file in memory.

[Laxystem]

But yeah I get your point

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Same, just load it in and cache it in your server code. Why is this a responsibility of the multiplatform plugin?

[Laxystem]

It ain't.

[Arjan van Wieringen]

So why ask it?

[Arjan van Wieringen]

The solution is here: https://ktor.io/docs/serving-static-content.html#modify

[Laxystem]

To make sure.

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Ah clear

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Caching static files in memory is a micro optimization you’d probably not need unless you’re serving millions