Creating the project

Now, we have a good idea about how we can use programming in Kotlin language. In this section, we will create the basic structure for our new project in which the main feature is consuming the Twitter stream. Let's do that.

Project use case

Before we start to code, we need to track the application requirements. The application is message-driven, we will use a broker to provide the messaging infrastructure. We choose the RabbitMQ broker because it provides reliability, high availability, and clustering options. Also, the RabbitMQ is a popular choice for the modern message-driven applications.

The software is powered by the Pivotal company, the same company which maintains Spring Framework. There...