Application Startup

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To start your application you extend the tornadofx.App class, which in turn extends javafx.application.Application. The only property you need to override is the reference to your primary view:

class HelloWorldApp : App() {
    override val primaryView = MyMainView::class
}

IntelliJ IDEA Users: Make sure you create an Application run configuration, not a Kotlin run configuration.

It is also customary to load stylesheets in the init block of the App class:

init {
    importStylesheet("/style.css")
}

You can further override any JavaFX Lifecycle method if it fits your needs.

Next: Dependency Injection