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title: Using Vaadin with Kotlin
order: 1100
layout: page
---
[[getting-started.kotlin]]
= Using Vaadin with Kotlin
You can use Vaadin with the link:https://kotlinlang.org/[Kotlin] language as well. Kotlin offers
awesome tooling which includes a plugin for Intellij IDEA, Eclipse and Netbeans.
The plugin includes the possibility to convert any Java class to Kotlin, therefore the easiest way
is to generate the sample link:https://vaadin.com/maven[Java Vaadin Maven project] and
then convert the [filename]#MyUI# class to Kotlin, by pressing
kbd:[Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K]. The Kotlin plugin will convert the class and include Kotlin Maven plugin
to your [filename]#pom.xml#.
The link:https://github.com/mvysny/karibu-dsl[Karibu-DSL] library offers a more Kotlin-like
API for Vaadin. The library will allow you to create
your UI in a hierarchical way. For more details please see
link:https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/type-safe-builders.html[Kotlin Type-Safe Builders].
There is a link:https://github.com/mvysny/karibu-helloworld-application[Karibu Helloworld Application]
sample which demonstrates this technique. It is a standard Gradle project, thus you
only need to `git clone` the project and open it in your IDE. The hierarchical code looks as follows:
[source, kotlin]
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@Theme("mytheme")
class MyUI : UI() {
private lateinit var layout: VerticalLayout
@Override
override fun init(vaadinRequest: VaadinRequest) {
layout = verticalLayout {
val name = textField {
caption = "Type your name here:"
}
button("Click Me", {
println("Thanks ${name.value}, it works!")
layout.label("Thanks ${name.value}, it works!")
})
}
}
}
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It is also possible to use Kotlin to access your database, allowing you to build full-blown
web applications. For details please see the
link:http://www.vaadinonkotlin.eu/[Vaadin-on-Kotlin] library. Just follow
the Getting Started tutorial there - the tutorial will guide you step-by-step.
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