Getting Started

Create a Project

To use fritz2, set up a Kotlin multiplatform-project using one of these options:

Setup Gradle Build

plugins {
kotlin("multiplatform") version "1.9.22"
// KSP support needed for Lens generation
id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "1.9.22-1.0.16"
}

repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

val fritz2Version = "1.0-RC17"

//group = "my.fritz2.app"
//version = "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"

kotlin {
jvm()
js(IR) {
browser()
}.binaries.executable()

sourceSets {
commonMain {
dependencies {
implementation("dev.fritz2:core:$fritz2Version")
// implementation("dev.fritz2:headless:$fritz2Version") // optional headless comp
}
}
jvmMain {
dependencies {
}
}
jsMain {
dependencies {
}
}
}
}

// KSP support for Lens generation
dependencies.kspCommonMainMetadata("dev.fritz2:lenses-annotation-processor:$fritz2Version")
kotlin.sourceSets.commonMain { tasks.withType<KspTaskMetadata> { kotlin.srcDir(destinationDirectory) } }

Organize Your Code

When using the Kotlin Multiplatform project structure, we recommend organizing your code like this:

.
├── src
│ ├── commonMain
│ │ └── kotlin
│ │ └── <packages>
│ │ └── model.kt (common model for client (JS) and server (JVM))
│ └── jsMain
│ ├── kotlin
│ │ └── <packages>
│ │ └── app.kt (contains main function)
│ └── resources
│ └── index.html (starting point for your app)
├── build.gradle.kts (dependencies and tasks)
└── settings.gradle.kts (project name)

The index.html is just a normal web-page. Be sure to include the resulting script-file from your KotlinJS-build. You can mark an element of your choice with an id (or use the body by default) to later render your fritz2 tags to it:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport">
</head>
<body id="target">
Loading...
<script src="project-name.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

app.kt is the starting point of your fritz2 app, so make sure it has a main-function. Inside main, create some content by opening a render context and mounting it to the DOM of your index.html:

fun main() {
render("#target") { // using id selector here, leave blank to use document.body by default
h1 { +"My App" }
div("some-fix-css-class") {
p(id = "someId") {
+"Hello World!"
}
}
}
}

running example in browser

Run the project by calling ./gradlew jsRun in your project's main directory. Add -t to enable automatic building and reloading in the browser after changing your code.

Pre-Release Builds

If you want to use the latest fritz2 snapshot-builds before we release them, add the following lines to your build.gradle.kts:

repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/") // new repository here
}

val fritz2Version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT" // set the newer snapshot version here

If you encounter any problems with these snapshot-versions, please open an issue.

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