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I am new to Kotlin f...
# ktorg
GauthierPLM
06/26/2019, 9:01 AMHello 🙂
I am new to Kotlin for backend dev and I was wondering what is the advantage of ktor compared to Spring?
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Tsvetozar Bonev
06/26/2019, 9:04 AMComparing the two is kind of difficult, Spring is an entire framework encompassing different concerns of a server, while ktor mostly is a wrapper of a web server that allows you to easily setup your endpoints and filters.
Tsvetozar Bonev
06/26/2019, 9:05 AMOr at least that's my understanding of the two
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Dennis Schröder
06/26/2019, 9:10 AMI would add that ktor is much less opinionated than spring.
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GauthierPLM
06/26/2019, 9:34 AMOkay, so ktor is what Sinatra is to Rails or Flask is to Django, right ?
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Dennis Schröder
06/26/2019, 10:38 AMYes, the Flask comparison is good. I don´t know about Sinatra.