ISSUE #418

4th of August 2024

Announcements

KotlinConf 2025 Tickets Are Now on Sale!
The tickets for the KotlinConf have been announced! Make sure to keep an eye on them before they run out.
blog.jetbrains.com

Articles

Using kotlin-inject in a Kotlin/Compose Multiplatform project
John O'Reilly showcases how to use kotlin-inject in a Kotlin/Compose MP.
johnoreilly.dev

Kotlin MultiPlatform: Sharing Code Between Android and JVM Targets
A quick guide by Chetan Gupta to configure your KMM projects to support code sharing between JVM and Android targets.
chetan-garg36.medium.com

Compose Multiplatform + Lottie Animations
Lottie and Bodymovin provide amazing animations that you can now use in your Compose Multiplatform projects. Check out this article by Gustavo Fão Valvassori.
touchlab.co

When should your team evaluate Kotlin Multiplatform?
When you should start considering Kotlin Multiplatform for your team? Kevin Galligan sheds some light on this topic.
www.linkedin.com

How To Migrate from Hilt to Koin - A Detailed Guide
Migrating from Hilt to Koin might seem daunting at first, but it's actually more manageable than you might think. To simplify the process, folks at Koin put together a comprehensive guide.
blog.kotzilla.io

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posthog.com

Android

The best way to load data in ViewModels
Joost Klitsie wrote an article on how to load data into view models, in a simple, reactive aproach, which is extensively using Kotlin flows.
medium.com

Videos

Coroutines: Concurrency in Kotlin
In this presentation, Dave Leeds gives an overview of coroutines in Kotlin, including the basics of coroutines, how they can be used for concurrency and parallelism and more.
www.youtube.com

Ultimate Kotlin TDD FizzBuzz
This new video from Duncan McGregor teaches a less experienced developer Test Driven Development using the FizzBuzz kata, focusing on the iterative process of writing tests, coding to pass them, and refactoring, with a unique inclusion of acceptance tests.
www.youtube.com

Compose Tips for Delightful UI
Rebecca Franks and Simona Milanovic have started a new series of videos on YouTube, 'Compose Tips for Delightful UI'
www.youtube.com

Kotlin Multiplatform Alchemy: Making Gold out of Your Swift Interop
Pamela Hill gives some tips, tricks, and future plans for seamless Kotlin/Swift integration.
www.youtube.com

Libraries

Composables Core
Unstyled, fully accessible Compose Multiplatform UI components that you can customize to your heart's content.
github.com

Nsma VPN
Nsma VPN is an open-source VPN app written in Kotlin.
github.com

KtorBoost
Ktor Boost streamlines HTTP requests in Ktor by offering functions that neatly package results in the Kotlin's Result class.
github.com

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