Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #341

 
 

ISSUE #341

12th of February 2023
 



Announcements


The K2 Compiler is going stable in Kotlin 2.0
The K2 compiler will become stable soon - and we also know that there will be a Kotlin 1.9 before Kotlin 2.0. Read all the updates in this article.
blog.jetbrains.com

Update Regarding Kotlin/Native Targets
JetBrains is splitting the Kotlin/Native targets into tiers and deprecating some of them. Read this post for the entire update.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


How to replace the builder pattern in Kotlin
Stephan Schröder wrote a blog post on how to handle the Lombok @Builder annotation when converting a Java project to Kotlin.
code.gematik.de

Kotlin Arrow Kt Eval Monad: A Beginner’s Guide
Anand Verma discusses one of the most important concepts in the Arrow Kt library: the Eval Monad.
adventures92.medium.com

How to Extend a KMM Shared Module With C/C++ Code
This tutorial by Evgeniy Khokhlov demonstrates how to use C/C++ code in your KMM-shared module.
hackernoon.com

Sending Transactional Emails Using Ktor, Kotlin, and MailerSend
Piotr explains how to send transactional emails using Ktor, Kotlin, and MailerSend.
codersee.com

Introducing the Kotlin Playground
Did you know about the Kotlin playground? Iván Garzea writes about this not so widely known platform.
proandroiddev.com

callbackFlow - Callback to Flow API in Kotlin
Amit Shekhar explains how we can convert any Callback to a Flow API using callbackFlow.
amitshekhar.me

Using Java Reflection with Kotlin Companion Objects
Sam Edwards shows how we can use Kotlin Companion objects from Java, which is not as straightforward as one would think.
handstandsam.com

How to Build a Flexible Customer Support Platform with Kotlin
A really good case study from DoorDash where they explain their process to build a customer support platform using Kotlin.
doordash.engineering



Android


Do-It-Yourself Compose Multiplatform Navigation with Decompose
Learn in this article how to survive configuration changes, survive process death, and scope ViewModels without going all-in with Decompose.
medium.com

Everything you need to know about Side Effects in Jetpack Compose with examples
Alex Styl checks why effect composables are important and what options there are so that you know what to use for each use case.
www.composables.co



Videos


Functional Kotlin - Simple Event Sourcing
Duncan McGregor starts applying event sourcing to his series of videos.
www.youtube.com

Optimize Your Kotlin App for Faster Performance - Learn How to Measure Execution Time
This video dives into the methods you can use to measure the execution time of your functions in order to identify and improve any bottlenecks in your Kotlin code.
www.youtube.com

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