ISSUE #349

9th of April 2023

Greetings, fellow Kotlin enthusiasts! Next week the KotlinConf will take place, and we are looking forward to meeting you all. Will you be in Amsterdam? If so, we cordially invite you to seek us out, and obtain your very own commemorative Kotlin Weekly sticker.

Announcements

Kotlin 1.8.20 Released
We have a new Kotlin version just on time for the KotlinConf! Check out in this page the full list of features and goodies included.
blog.jetbrains.com

Arrow 1.2.0-RC is now available
Arrow 1.2.0-RC has been announced, alongside a new Arrow website. This release introduces a brand new typed errors module and adds more options for resilience.
xebia.com

Articles

Testing flow
In this excerpt from the book Kotlin Coroutines, Marcin Moskala showcases how to test Coroutine Flows.
kt.academy

How to Use the Koin Framework in Ktor Applications
In this article, Matthias Schenk gives an introduction to the Koin framework and how to use in Ktor applications.
towardsdev.com

Introducing krotoDC: Use protobuf and gRPC with Kotlin dataclasses
krotoDC has been announced, an open-source protoc plugin designed to elevate your experience using Protocol Buffers and gRPC in Kotlin projects.
medium.com

From Dagger & Hilt into the multiplatform world with kotlin-inject
Not everything is Dagger and Hilt in the DI world. Meet kotlin-inject, a DI KMM library.
klima.hashnode.dev

Kotlin vs The Billion Dollar Mistake
Corey Latislaw used Kotlin to create a zine. In this article, she walks you through the tools and techniques she used to turn it into a reality.
www.sketchnoting.tech

Sponsored

Developer-friendly eSignature API that scales with your workflows
The signNow API is here to surprise you – always in a good way. We have designed the API to make it quick and easy for developers to build, test, and go live with an eSignature integration in one day instead of months.
vpdae.com

Android

Evolution of Location Permission in Android
In this article, Sree Kumar explains the evolution of permissions in Android and provides an overview of their current state.
medium.com

Videos

Introducing jOOQ with Lukas Eder
Duncan McGregor welcomes in this episode Lukas Eder, who will introduce jOOQ - the Java Object Oriented Query library
www.youtube.com

From Multiplatform in Production to Madness with Compose: KotlinConf’23
In this episode, Pamela Hill sits down to talk with Kevin Galligan, Tadeas Kriz, and Russell Wolf to discuss their upcoming workshop on putting Kotlin Multiplatform into production at KotlinConf ‘23.
www.youtube.com

Libraries

Confetti
KMM GraphQL-based conference sample with Jetpack Compose Android, Compose for Wear and SwiftUI iOS clients and GraphQL backend.
github.com

Redukks
Redukks is a set of simple, extendable components to build Redux-like architectures for Kotlin Multiplatform.
github.com

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