Kotlin/js - document.create

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1

Hello,

I tried following this article: DOM trees · Kotlin/kotlinx.html Wiki · GitHub
But intellij nor the compiler dont see anything like document.create

My build.gradle:
`
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
}

dependencies {
def kotlinxHtmlVersion = “0.7.1-1.4.0-rc”

implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-js"
// include for client-side
implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-html-js:${kotlinxHtmlVersion}")

testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-js"

}
`

Also I have a side question - I’ve split my project into two modules - java backend and kotlin/css/html front end, I can execute tasks and build the modules from terminal just fine, single tasks from within intellij also work, but I have a “dangling” grade import button when I edit the build.gradle file of the frontend module, when I click the button the import/reload (whatever intellij calls it) fails.

2

Hi,

I had troubles with kotlinx.html also and I think it might be better to avoid it as it is quite low level.

You may check KVision which is a rather big library and example collection for Kotlin/JS with a lot of examples.

I myself decided not to go with KVision but to migrate my previous React based stuff into a full-stack library: Zakadabar Stack with the data model and schemas defined in common code.

In those two projects you may find a lot of examples. The Stack has a sample repo which should work right after cloning, and also template project you can start to kick-off your own.

KVision also has a lot of examples and templates.

KVision is mature, the Stack is under development, take that into consideration.

What I did when I started with Kotlin / Multiplatform was that I read a lot of Ktor and Clikt gradle files.

Hope this helps.

3

Thank you for the recommendation of KVision, I’ll definitely look into it later.

However my problem is within gradle/dependencies or possibly outdated documentation(?).

Why is document.create not visible to the compiler and intelij? Have I added the wrong dependency?

4

Restarting Intellij fixed the issue. I have no idea what was wrong.

5

When you update your project buildscript the gradle cache can sometime end up in an inconsistent state and you get weird errors and inconsistent behaviors. What I do is run gradlew clean after I changed a buildscript, and if it still doesn’t work go into IDEA > File > Invalidate cache/restart. It usually fixes the problem, if not then it’s probably an issue with your script.