Kotlin script and writing command line utilities

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Demos show using cotlin script with kotlinc / kotlin wrappers and community keycript, loading JVM APIs to read gradle.properties, bump a version string (1.3 → 1.4 by incrementing minor and zeroing patch) and write the file back — it runs and updates the file. Also uses the click CLI library and Kotlin HTML DSL via main.kts dependencies. Notes: JVM startup adds seconds, compiler plugins (serialization) don’t work out of the box, and script exit codes can be surprising (example: exit code 3).

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1. 0:00Introduction and context
2. 1:51What is Kotlin script
3. 4:01Command line interfaces overview
4. 6:09Kotlin script for CLI tools
5. 7:14Demo: Running Kotlin script
6. 10:09Demo: Version bump script
7. 18:46Demo: Using JDK properties
8. 21:17Demo: HTML generation with dependencies
9. 24:11Demo: CLI tool with Kotlin CLI library
10. 28:59Experience and takeaways
11. 33:20Q&A session

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