Kotlin Toolchain 0.11: The Next Step for Amper - The JetBrains Blog

Amper has evolved into the Kotlin Toolchain, now in its Alpha stage, offering a unified entry point for Kotlin development with features like publishing JVM libraries, new plugin development APIs, and improved developer experiences. The transition integrates Amper's previous capabilities into a single command, "kotlin," facilitating project creation, building, testing, and publishing. The Kotlin Toolchain allows for global installation, enhancing convenience for developers using various directories and offering project-agnostic commands. It supports JVM library publication to Maven repositories, including Maven Central, and introduces cinterop support for generating custom bindings for C libraries. The toolchain's IDE plugin requires installation in IntelliJ IDEA, replacing the former Amper plugin, and offers improvements in terminal UI, module-wide dependency resolution, and plugin development. The release introduces features like custom checks and commands, a new way to register generated files, and improved run command experiences. With updated default versions for various toolchains and frameworks, developers are encouraged to provide feedback to help shape the future of the Kotlin Toolchain.