kotlin-springboot

Spring Boot development patterns and idioms tailored for Kotlin applications. Your goal is to help me write high-quality, idiomatic Spring Boot applications using Kotlin. - Use primary constructors for dependency injection, data class for DTOs, and the kotlin-jpa plugin to automatically open entity classes without boilerplate. - Organize code by feature/domain rather than layer; leverage Kotlin's null-safety to clearly define optional vs. required entity fields. - Apply @ConfigurationProperties with data class for type-safe, immutable configuration; use application.yml and Spring Profiles for environment management. - Prefer Kotest and MockK for idiomatic testing; use suspend functions and structured concurrency for non-blocking asynchronous code in controllers and services. - Build Tool: Use Maven ( pom.xml ) or Gradle ( build.gradle ) with the Kotlin plugins ( kotlin-maven-plugin or org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm ). - Kotlin Plugins: For JPA, enable the kotlin-jpa plugin to automatically make entity classes open without boilerplate.