Do I need to use maven for ktor? The github docs s...

# getting-started

[Ray Rahke]

Do I need to use maven for ktor? The github docs say to add mavenCentral() as a repository. i am new to java/kotlin. Dont i have to pick between gradle and maven?

[Sam]

Maven repositories and dependencies are compatible with both Gradle and Maven 👍

[Ray Rahke]

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[Ray Rahke]

io is failing to import?

[Sam]

After modifying your Gradle file you need to refresh the build -- see the little icon at the top right of the editor?

[Ray Rahke]

Ah I do! Thanks!

[Ray Rahke]

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[Ray Rahke]

can I do this part if I have community edition? Is it just the IntelliJ launcher plugin that is paywalled?

[Sam]

Yes, the Gradle plugin is free

[Ray Rahke]

i see

[Ray Rahke]

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[Ray Rahke]

when I press teh play button...

[Sam]

That seems okay. The stuff about slf4j and the StaticLoggerBinder is just a warning, you can ignore it until you come to set up logging in your application

[Ray Rahke]

ah okay

[Ray Rahke]

yeah the localhost works

[Ray Rahke]

and I am running it the idiomatic way right? just pressing the play button while in Main.kt/

[Ray Rahke]

the docs said to use ./gradelw

[Ray Rahke]

I tried doing that command in root and it failed

[Ray Rahke]

in root/

[Sam]

Either should be fine for development purposes 👍