Build Production-Ready Web Services with Kit
Learn how to build, test, and deploy web services using Kit, a modern framework designed for productivity and scalability. Perfect for developers who want to leverage Clojure's power for backend development.
What You'll Build
Everything you need!
This course will introduce developers to service development using Kit micro-framework. The course will cover setting up a new project, adding routes, managing resources, and working with the database.
- Introduction to Kit microframework
- State management using Integrant component system
- Building HTTP services with Ring
- HTTP request routing with Reitit
- Working with relational databases using Kit
- Testing and packaging the application for deployment
All-in-one
- Prerequisites
- Knowledge requirements
- Development environment setup
- Project Setup
- Setting up a new Kit project
- Project structure overview
- Initial configuration
- Kit Modules
- Understanding Kit's modular architecture
- Core modules and extensions
- Configuring modules
- Module lifecycle
- Working with DB
- Database configuration
- Migrations and schema management
- Data access patterns
- Query optimization
- Routing
- Setting up routes with Reitit
- Request handling
- Response formatting
- Parameter validation
- hato component
- HTTP client integration
- Service-to-service communication
- Component configuration
- Error handling
- Tests
- Testing strategy
- Unit testing
- Integration testing
- Test utilities
- Test DB
- Setting up test databases
- Test fixtures
- Database isolation
- Testing database interactions
- JAR
- Packaging for deployment
- Configuration for different environments
- Deployment strategies
- Production considerations
Reviewed by experts
The code has been reviewed by these experts
Kit Core Team Member
Core Contributor to Kit
Clojure Expert
Experienced Clojure Developer
Pricing
Pricing that grows with you
Choose an affordable plan that's packed with the best features.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What will I learn?
- This course will introduce you to service development using the Kit micro-framework. You'll learn about setting up projects, adding routes, managing resources, working with databases, testing, and deployment.
- Is this course right for my skill level?
- This course assumes basic proficiency with Clojure and familiarity with the HTTP stack. If you're comfortable with Clojure syntax and understand basic web concepts like requests and responses, you'll be fine.
- How long do I have access to the course?
- How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
- What if I am unsatisfied with the course?
- If after watching a couple of first videos you are unsatisfied, get in touch—we will provide a full refund.
- Does this course support Open Source?
- Yes! By buying this course you are supporting Open Source Projects. 10% of profits will be transferred to Clojurists Together to fund critical Clojure open source projects.
- Can I buy this as a subscription?
- Yes! You can subscribe to ClojureStream and get this course as part of the subscription.
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Join developers building scalable web services with Clojure and Kit