any benefits to use Application.main() over embeddedServer() or vice versa?

# ktor

[Michael Kotlikov]

any benefits to use Application.main() over embeddedServer() or vice versa?

[orangy]

They are not mutually exclusive. Development engine setup is just a convenient method to run embedded host without setting up much. We should clean it up in docs @Deactivated User

[Michael Kotlikov]

thanks!

[Deactivated User]

Taking notes. Thanks for the feedback!

Also it allows you to externally set some configuration like the port, environment, watch, autoreload without recompiling. So for example you could have a packed JAR, and change that just by switching the application.conf without recompiling/repacking.

The main method with embeddedServer() is complementary. You can have both and use that main as your entry point to easily run your app within your IDE.