Can someone explain what this means: ```implementa...

# multiplatform

[Rak]

Can someone explain what this means:

implementation(kotlin("test-common"))

I understand the original gradle format well but I am finding information on the new kts format lacking

[CLOVIS]

If your question is about the Kotlin function, just CTRL B on it to see its code, it is really easy to understand.

[Rak]

If i do that I end up here:

fun kotlin(simpleModuleName: String, version: String?): ExternalModuleDependency

That doesn’t really tell me anything.

[Rak]

I understand its about getting dependencies but i don’t see where test-common is defined to know what libs and versions that refers to.

[CLOVIS]

Ah, it brings to an abstract method, sorry.

Essentially the idea is that the every Kotlin-related artifact is in group ‘`com.whatever-i-don't-recall.jetbrains.kotlin`', with the artifact name being `‘kotlin-whatever`' and the version should be the same as the version of the Kotlin plugin. The Kotlin function is just a shorthand to do that instead of writing the full string.

If you want to explicitly know what's going on, you can run the gradle task ‘`dependencies`' which will give you much more details.

[CLOVIS]

Essentially:

kotlin("test-common")

is just a shorthand for

"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-common:<Kotlin version you specified in the plugins block>"