I want to learn backend, and just learned about he...
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Sam Stone
03/25/2022, 10:50 PMI want to learn backend, and just learned about headers and codes and response/request. What is the easiest framework to get into backend dev?
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03/26/2022, 2:16 AMthe easiest is probably spring because there are a ton of resources since it's the most popular java framework.
other than that #ktor is tailor made for kotlin and there are also great guides available.
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Rob Elliot
03/26/2022, 12:41 PMTo learn the concepts, I'd be inclined to start with http4k. Way too much magic in Spring. In http4k you just have a function that takes a request and returns a response, it's a very simple mapping to what's actually happening in an http conversation. And it's all synchronous do you don't need to worry about async complications.
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03/26/2022, 12:52 PMfair
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napperley
04/07/2022, 11:38 PMI agree with Rob's recommendation, but would also add that Ktor is another good choice for a beginner. Ktor has good documentation on getting started, and one can develop a basic backend (manually - aka Explicit Development) without relying on code generation, reflection, or annotations.