Aws-cdk: Kotlin language support

[eladb]

+1 if you would like to see Kotlin support for the CDK

[eladb]

👍 from @skinny85 in #553

[digitalsanctum]

I'd like to take a stab at contributing Kotlin support along with Gradle build with Kotlin DSL assuming this work hasn't already started.

Any pointers other than looking at what was done for Java?

[digitalsanctum]

I’ve written a POC which uses Kotlin language and Gradle Kotlin DSL: https://github.com/digitalsanctum/cdk-kotlin-example. I don’t think it would take much to add support for Kotlin and Gradle but the wiring up of cdk.json and app.sh leaves something to be desired.

[eladb]

Thanks @digitalsanctum! This is awesome. Asked some questions on your commit.

Happy to include this as a template for cdk init if you are interested.

[digitalsanctum]

Thanks. I've replied to your questions there.

The POC was a first step to prove that supporting Kotlin and Gradle wouldn't be a lot of extra effort. I'd like to address #1294 and further simplify the semantics around app.sh and cdk.json before including as a template for cdk init.

[willings]

I've started one, roughly tested :P
https://github.com/aws-cdk-dsl/aws-cdk-kotlin-dsl

[eladb]

@willings this is great! Would love to explore the option of adding this to our official release

[ronniemagatti]

Any news on this? @willings repo looks promising.

[toliner]

Hi, I'm working on wrapper library of cdk.

Now, no documents are available but all source codes are available:
https://github.com/justincase-jp/AWS-CDK-Kotlin-DSL
And generated & built packages are available too:
https://bintray.com/justincase/aws-cdk-kotlin-dsl

This is WIP project, so any issue comment, or contribution is welcome.

[nbraid]

Another approach could be leveraging Kotlin's JS compatibility. JetBrains provides dukat to generate Kotlin JS files from TS definitions.

[codeslubber]

Jesus what happened here?? seemed like it was going to happen, but no... !

[ethanjdiamond]

Any updates on this?

[pkrishnath]

Any updates?