I haven't used Intellij for a long time so this is a new configuration. I am setting up my Java and Gradle for the first time on this system, for this Ktor quickstart project.

for first run: find main method in your code, and clicks on run button on left side of that

Thank you! 🙂 I'm not seeing a run button on the left.

Another newbie here, had a lot of wasted time in the beginning, found a setup that works pretty good: sdkman for managing dependencies (I install JDK and Gradle with it)

Thank you! I will check it out.

I also had a problem with Gradle, but can't remember the error I was getting - but the problem I had an older version of Gradle and a newer, incompatible JDK... which was totally undecipherable from the error. Fixed by making sure everything is at the latest version, Gradle and the JDK Gradle uses...

Thank you so much, @Karlo Lozovina! That is helping very much. 🙂 I didn't realize my SDKs were messed up. Things seem to be going okay for now.

For your interest there is a dedicated #ktor channel where you can ask on the topic. As with the #kotest channel, project maintainers hang out there so you can get firsthand answers.

Thanks very much, @Matteo Mirk! 🙂