Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #428

 
 

ISSUE #428

13th of October 2024
 



Announcements


Ktor 3.0 Is Now Available With New Features and Improved Performance
A new major release of Ktor is here, bring a lot of new goodies. Check out this link for the full announcement.
blog.jetbrains.com

The Evolution of the Kotlin Language and How You Can Contribute
JetBrains has created the new Kotlin Language Features and Proposals page, to keep the community informed about the future and present of Kotlin.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


Kotlin Multiplatform Developer Roadmap
Jaewoong Eum created the KMP Roadmap, offering comprehensive learning paths to help you understand KMP ecosystems.
github.com

One click dependencies fix
Tony Robalik explains how the Dependency Analysis Gradle Plugin simplifies fixing dependencies in JVM and Android projects, optimizing build efficiency for large-scale codebases.
dev.to

How to start with DynamoDB in your Ktor application (Part 2)
In this second article of the series, Matthias Schenk explores advanced DynamoDB features in a Ktor application, focusing on table design with composite keys and global secondary indexes for enhanced querying capabilities.
poisonedyouth.github.io

New features just dropped in Inspektify
The latest update to Inspektify, a Kotlin Multiplatform network inspection library, introduces new features such as desktop support, retention policy settings, enhanced search with suggestion chips, sharing network transactions, and generating cURL commands for debugging.
blog.kotlin-academy.com

Dokka and GitHub Actions: Automating API Documentation
Anshaj Khare's article explains how to automate API documentation generation and publishing for Android/Kotlin libraries using Dokka and GitHub Actions, reducing manual work with each release.
medium.com

Don't touch Throwable
This article advises against catching the generic Throwable type in JVM languages (Kotlin, Java) and suggests catching specific exceptions for proper error handling, emphasizing that catching Throwable leads to unsafe and unmanageable recovery patterns.
ivan.canet.dev

Trying to Start a Multiplatform Company Store with Kotlin RPC, Koin, Ktor, and WASM
Kerry Bisset writes about starting a Multiplatform Company Store using Kotlin RPC, Koin, Ktor, and WASM.
medium.com

Hidden Gems of the Kotlin Standard Library - List
Donovan LaDuke's article highlights five hidden gems of the Kotlin Standard Library, including functions like orEmpty, filterIsInstance, distinctBy, chunked, and random, which help streamline code by reducing null checks, type casting, and handling unique elements efficiently.
dladukedev.com
 


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Android


Unplugged DI - DI.Y Basics
Sergej Shafarenka explains his decision to abandon traditional DI frameworks in favor of a simpler, more explicit dependency injection model that avoids reflection, prioritizes testability, and minimizes overhead.
www.halfbit.de

Google Maps in Jetpack Compose: Markers
Joe Birch writes about how we can use Markers in the Android Maps Compose library.
joebirch.co



Videos


Migrating Kotlin Context Receivers
In this chapter, Duncan McGregor removes Kotlin context receivers by converting them to function parameters, navigating issues like variance and generics, while maintaining continuous integration and smooth code functionality.
www.youtube.com



Libraries


Rx Preferences
Rx Preferences is a collection of libraries to allow SharedPreferences to be reactive.
rx-preferences.frybits.com

MaterialKolor
A Compose multiplatform library for generating dynamic Material3 color schemes from a seed color.
github.com

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