kotlin-language-server

Kotlin has had an OSS (MIT) Language Server for years. It's written and maintained by the community - but isn't that exactly the point of open source? [0]: https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server

What about this? https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server

I'll bring up the Kotlin LSP[0] every time I see Kotlin on HN because I really hope the LSP takes off (which would make it viable to use Kotlin with a non-IntelliJ editor). Kotlin as a language looks really cool, but I don't want to give up terminal-based, modal editing (which I'd have to in order to use IntelliJ). Along those lines, I once tried diving into using Gradle outside IntelliJ, and I couldn't find any good resources to help with that. If folks have hints/links-to-blog-posts with regards to that as well, that'd be great! [0] https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server#this-reposito...

Tangentially related: If a talented folks out there could please help out with (to the best of my knowledge) the only LSP for Kotlin out there[0], that would be amazing! I'm really attracted to Kotlin as a language[1], but, last I checked, IntelliJ is the only way to get great tooling for Kotlin, which is a show stopper for me since I've invested a lot into my neovim config. [0] https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server/projects/1 [1] What attracts me to Kotlin is that it is actually statically typed (ruling out Python/JS/TS), with a relatively expressive type system (ruling out Golang), great type inference, not verbose (ruling out Java), not too involved with low level details (ruling out Rust), not too steep of a learning curve (ruling out Rust again), and a great cross-platform community (ruling out Swift).

Read the README: https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server#this-reposito... What you said would make sense, except they do build a plugin for Eclipse. Better options would be any language where the stewards are not trying to extract money from you by forcing your IDE choice. Or where they view fostering community good will as being in their best interest. Ex. MS offers an official LS rather than saying "we don't support other IDEs because Visual Studio licenses." There's lots of choices here for compile to JS languages: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/List-of-langu...

Does the LSP implementation [1] linked by the JetBrains employee in that thread not work? It pushed a new minor version release a little over a week ago. It seems pretty reasonable to me for them to not pay employee salaries to build a plugin for a competing product, especially when they already provide a comprehensive IDE solution available for free (in both senses). What other companies are doing that? I don't mean that as a challenge. I'd love to know what the better options are. [1] -- https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server

Kotlin also works with Vim [1], Eclipse [2] and the Language Server Protocol [3]. [1]: https://github.com/udalov/kotlin-vim [2]: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-eclipse [3]: https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server

This is why it's worth contributing to your language's LSP server[0] and why I encourage every Kotlin dev I see to contribute to Kotlin's[1]. I personally find IDEs are way too complex and cluttered for my personal tastes. To boot, a code editor allows for unified workflows across a broad swathe of languages in ways that IDEs simply can't replicate. It's a pity Jetbrains has long held a dismissive attitude[2] toward developers that don't want a full blown IDE, but that's what you get when there are financial incentives attached. [0]: https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/ [1]: https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server [2]: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/any-plan-for-supporting-lan...