I am interested in kotlin for backend and server d...
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ninad thakare
05/30/2021, 1:25 PMI am interested in kotlin for backend and server driven UI. Any idea how to do it?
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Mike
05/30/2021, 1:57 PMYes we’re doing that. You can use something like spring boot and thymeleaf for server side templating.
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ninad thakare
05/30/2021, 1:58 PMI was thinking more on the android side
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Byron Katz
05/30/2021, 2:32 PMHere is an example - not for Android - but instead for the web, that is entirely server-driven UI, written using just the standard library, for reference material. Caveat - this is definitely an unorthodox approach, but it's good to think outside the box sometimes.
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ninad thakare
05/30/2021, 5:23 PMThis looks like server side rendering
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asad.awadia
05/30/2021, 9:51 PMUse javalin #javalin
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andylamax
05/31/2021, 7:29 AMserver side rendering != server driven ui
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ninad thakare
05/31/2021, 7:29 AMExactly @andylamax
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Byron Katz
05/31/2021, 12:21 PMI had to read up on this. It sort of looks like recreating the essential capabilities of the concept of html in a browser, but instead using json in an app, is that generally right?
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ninad thakare
05/31/2021, 12:52 PMYes. That’s sounds about right @Byron Katz. But it’s pretty hard to come to a common convention which will work for most of the cases. I think compose is making it easier. Wanted to know more about it
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