This is a follow-up to my previous article, where I convince you to try Kotlin for Competitive Programming. But if you’re already convinced, then this article is for you! It is a step-by-step guide for setting up your local environment.

What we are aiming for

Your local workflow should help you achieve a few different things:

1. A consistent process for starting a new contest, and for creating new solution files.
2. Quick access to repetitive code that is necessary for reading input and writing output in every problem
3. Access to tools like the Intellisense, a Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL), and a debugging interface.

The following setup ensures all of these things for you.

Setup: Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1

Download and install IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition will do) on your system.

Step 2

Download the latest version of the kotlin-cp.zip file from this GitHub Releases page.

Step 3

Launch the IDE, and go to File -> Import Settings.

Import the settings file you downloaded in Step 2.

Click OK.

Restart Intellij IDEA.

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