# DSL type-safe builders

DevFeed: [DSL type-safe builders](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dsl-type-safe-builders-39303.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kt.academy/article/fk-dsl>)

Published: 2022-09-09T00:04:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kt. Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kt-academy.md>)

Topics: [domain-specific language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/domain-specific-language.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack-compose.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [SwiftUI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/swiftui.md>), [JavaFX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javafx.md>)

Tags: [domain-specific-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/domain-specific-language.md>), [domain-specific-languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/domain-specific-languages.md>), [dsl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dsl.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [groovy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/groovy.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [swift](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swift.md>), [swiftui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swiftui.md>), [type](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/type.md>), [workshop-learning-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop-learning-programming.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on type-safe DSL builders in Kotlin. It explains how Gradle configurations moved from Groovy toward Kotlin DSLs, covering static typing, editor suggestions, typo detection, helper functions, classes, and lambda expressions. It also discusses DSL use in React, backend HTML, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, and desktop applications.

## Source excerpt

How to define type-safe DSL builders in Kotlin.