Building Applications with Spring 5 and Kotlin

Installing Spring 5

Before installing or running Spring 5, we need to install Kotlin, since this is our primary programming language for the project:

1. Open IntelliJ IDEA and choose Configure | Plugins, as shown in the following screenshot:

2. In the search field, type Kotlin:

3. Click on the Install JetBrains plugin... button.

4. From the list that appears, choose Kotlin.
5. If you do not already have Kotlin installed, you will see a green Install button. Click on it, otherwise click on the Update button, as shown in the following screenshot: