ISSUE #314

7th of August 2022

Announcements

Kotlin API for Apache Spark v1.2: UDTs, UDFs, RDDs, Compatibility, and More!
It’s been a couple of months since the last release of the Kotlin API for Apache Spark, and there are some more goodies coming. Check out this article for more information.
blog.jetbrains.com

Kotlin and Code With Me: Tips for Collaborative Programming, Teaching, and Learning
Code With Me is a collaborative coding tool built into the majority of JetBrains IDEs. In this free live webinar, JetBrains will show you how to use it effectively.
blog.jetbrains.com

Kotlin 1.7.20-Beta is out
Kotlin 1.7.20-Beta is out as a pre-release! Check out in this GitHub page the new features being included.
github.com

Articles

Collection processing in Kotlin: Finding, counting, and checking conditions
In this new excerpt from Functional Kotlin, learn about finding elements, counting those that fulfill a predicate, or checking predicates for all elements.
kt.academy

Implementing a MIDI player in Kotlin from scratch
In this series of articles, learn how to implement a tracker-like environment in pure Kotlin.
livecoding-recipes.github.io

Integrate Settings Into a Custom IntelliJ Code Inspection Plugin
Ruben Quadros updated his Kotlin Data class inspection plugin which detects and reminds you to add missing annotations, to now support Moshi and Kotlinx Serialization. In this article he explains how to make it work.
betterprogramming.pub

Kotlin & Spring Boot: Building a Rest API
In this first article as part of the series about Kotlin for server-side, Manuel Ernesto shows how to build a Rest API with Kotlin and Spring Boot in an uncomplicated way.
proandroiddev.com

Adding KSP to your toolbelt
In this article you will learn how we can use KSP to create tools and reduce boilerplate code.
engineering.theblueground.com

Sponsored

Runway is to Play Console, as Kotlin is to Java
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www.runway.team

Android

Android Basics with Compose Unit 3 is available
The Unit 3 of Android Basics with Compose course is available already! Unit 3 covers how to build apps that display a list of data and how to make your apps more beautiful with Material Design.
developer.android.com

Gotchas in Jetpack Compose Recomposition
This post by Justin Breitfeller discusses a few of the recomposition gotchas they encountered at Stitch Fix while working with Compose, and how to correct them.
multithreaded.stitchfix.com

Videos

Is it so hard to Master Kotlin Collections?
Bhavna Thacker covers Overview of Kotlin Collections from Kotlin Standard Library with Live Demo in Intellij IDEA covering List, Set and Map specific operations.
www.youtube.com

Jobs

YML is searching for talented engineers
YML is searching for Senior and Lead Android Developers for a financial giant in the US. US/Canada preferred, but open to exceptional candidates in LATAM. If you enjoy collaborative work, Android and Kotlin, reach out to us.
yml.co

Podcast

Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices
In this new chapter of Talking Kotlin, Alexey Soshin talks about Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices and his recently released book, Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices.
talkingkotlin.com

Libraries

mutekt
mutekt generates mutable models from immutable model definitions. It's based on the Kotlin's Symbol Processor.
github.com

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