Hey I just tried to create a js module in an existing kotlin multiplatform project and I can’t get ...

# javascript

[mzgreen]

Hey I just tried to create a js module in an existing kotlin multiplatform project and I can’t get it working. I don’t have any experience with js so it makes things harder. I created a new module in the project and performed the steps described in gradle setup section in the documentation. I would like to make it work without any unnecessary libraries, just the simplest setup where I have a html file and some kotlin code that I can run in the browser. I looked for sample apps on github but I found only some old ones or some more complex solutions that use react or other libs. Is there some sort of a doc/blog post/sample that I could take look at?

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

Hello, unfortunately documentation is in progress now
For basic usage of Kotlin/JS in multiplatform you need to declare js target like

js {
browser()
}

and declare js stdlib dependency

sourceSets {
     main {
           dependencies {
               implementation(kotlin("stdlib-js"))
           }
    }
}

Now you can create source code in jsMain module using Kotlin

[mzgreen]

Yeah I have that in common module, but I would like to create a separate module for the webpage and add common module as a dependency.
Currently my setup looks like this:
I have a common module with targets: jvm android ios and js each target is configured properly.
I have a separate module for android ios and jvm and each of those includes common as a dependency.
Now I’m trying to add separate module for js app that will include common as a dependency.

[mzgreen]

I tried to create a js project with intellij and see how it’s configured but the project setup UI allows to create only idea project, not a gradle one

[mzgreen]

I wish there would be a doc describing how to create a simple kotlin js hello world project from scratch and showing how to run it in browser.

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

When you create new submodule, you can select Gradle point, and then select Kotlin/JS for browser

[mzgreen]

I missed that option somehow! Thank you, seems like what I’m looking for 🙂

[mzgreen]

I checked only under Kotlin on the left 🤦‍♂️