ISSUE #372

17th of September 2023

Announcements

Join Us for a Live Introduction to Algorithmic Challenges in Kotlin!
Are you preparing for technical interviews, or do you simply want to master algorithms? JetBrains has been running a livestream where you can learn about how to prepare algorithmic challenges using Kotlin.
blog.jetbrains.com

Articles

Let's Talk about Kotlin K2
Check out this article by Kartik Arora where he explores the new Kotlin Compiler, K2.
medium.com

Contract Tests: A New Hope
Edgar Miró wrote a new article showcasing their story about why and how they added ad-hoc contract testing to their codebase.
medium.com

ArchUnit vs. Konsist. Why Did We Need Another Kotlin “Linter”?
Igor Wojda explains in this article why ArchUnit is not ideal for Kotlin, and his motivation behind crafting Konsist.
proandroiddev.com

Writing Swift-friendly Kotlin Multiplatform APIs — Part IX: Flow
Latest article by André Oriani on his series on writing Swift-friendly Kotlin Multiplatform APIs. In this new one, he talks about how to implement Flow.
proandroiddev.com

A script to compare two Macrobenchmarks runs
Script developed by Pierre-Yves Ricau to compare two different benchmark runs.
blog.p-y.wtf

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Android

Jetpack Compose Material Colors
Alex Styl has created a website where you can explore the original Material Color palette converted to Jetpack Compose.
www.composables.com

Videos

When the Simplest Thing doesn't work - Writing a Kotlin JSON parser take 2
Second episode in a series on writing a simple JSON parser in Kotlin by Duncan McGregor.
www.youtube.com

Advanced Kotlin: Generics, Type Erasure, and Reflection Explained
In this video, you will learn three powerful concepts and how to apply them in Kotlin: Generics, Type Erasure, and Reflection.
www.youtube.com

Libraries

Tiler
An experimental Kotlin Multiplatform paging library with a declarative API.
github.com

Rankquest Studio
Rankquest Studio is an open-source tool that helps you assess how good your search service or API is.
rankquest.jillesvangurp.com

Akkurate
Akkurate is a validation library taking advantage of the expressive power of Kotlin.
github.com

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