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ISSUE #345

12th of March 2023
 



Announcements


Kotlin 1.8.20-RC is out
The Kotlin 1.8.20-RC release is out! In this article, there are some highlights from this preview version of Kotlin.
kotlinlang.org

Open Source Updates from Touchlab
The open-source projects from Touchlab have been getting some important updates. Check out this article to learn more.
touchlab.co

Android 14 Developer Preview 2
The second Developer Preview from Android 14 has been announced. Check out the full list of announcements here.
android-developers.googleblog.com



Articles


Interface Delegation
Kotlin has a feature called interface delegation, a special support for the delegation pattern. This article discusses it.
kt.academy

Really useful 4 lines of Kotlin code (using inline class)
Stephan Schröder wrote a new blog post about a language feature Java devs coming to Kotlin aren't familiar with: inline classes.
void2unit.onrender.com

When encapsulation is a trouble...
Alexander Nozik wrote a short story on the pains that come when too much encapsulation is used.
dev.to

Kotlin Isn’t Null-Safe Yet. Here Are 3 Gotchas
In this article, you will be able to read a few interesting null-safety bugs which you might not know you can still run across in Kotlin.
betterprogramming.pub

How to customize Detekt to meet your own requirements
Matthias Schenk focuses this article on how to extend the default configuration with custom rulesets and create your own ruleset to add custom analysis requirements to your application.
towardsdev.com

Exposed RSQL Search Implementation
In this tutorial, you will learn how to implement search functionality into the Exposed using jirutka's RSQL parser.
brightinventions.pl

Spring WebClient With Kotlin Coroutines
Piotr from Codersee shows you everything you need to know when working with Spring WebClient and Kotlin coroutines.
codersee.com


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Videos


Introducing the Reader Monad
In this new video, Duncan McGregor starts refactoring his sample code to add the Reader Monad, after being inspired by Uberto Barbini's upcoming book.
www.youtube.com

Android Developer Story: Clue's developer speed increased 3X with Jetpack Compose
Learn more about how Clue rebuilt their app using Jetpack Compose. Tilbe Saltan, Senior Android Developer at Clue shares about Clue's journey with migrating to Kotlin as well as Jetpack Compose.
www.youtube.com

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ISSUE #344 5th of March 2023 Hello Kotlin folks! We send you a few links this week where you can hopefully find some ideas and inspiration. Remember that we have also an account in Mastodon. Enjoy the

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ISSUE #343 26th of February 2023 Announcements Kotlin DSL goodies in Gradle 8.0 Gradle 8.0 has delivered a few Kotlin DSL goodies. Check them in this announcement. docs.gradle.org Articles The Silent

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ISSUE #342 19th of February 2023 Articles Null safety: Kotlin vs. Java Nicolas Fränkel expands his views on the problem of nullability and how it's solved in Kotlin and Java. blog.frankel.ch

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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

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ISSUE #340 5th of February 2023 Announcements We Are Improving Library Authors' Experience! Are you a Kotlin librarian? The JetBrains team explains in this post some of the things they are doing to

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