Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #431

 
 

ISSUE #431

3rd of November 2024
 



Announcements


Kotlin Multiplatform Development Roadmap for 2025
Roadmap for Kotlin Multiplatform in 2025 is announced, and includes a stable iOS release for Compose Multiplatform, Kotlin-to-Swift export, a dedicated KMP IDE, enhanced library support, and more.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


Emulating classes with functions in Kotlin for maximum performance
The article explores how replacing Kotlin classes with inline functions can improve performance by reducing overhead, useful in performance-critical applications like a WebAssembly interpreter.
dev.to

Kotlin Under the Hood: Exploring Objects, Companion Objects, and Annotations: @JvmStatic, @JvmField, @JvmOverloads
Abhaysing Bhosale explores Kotlin’s objects, companion objects, and key annotations (@JvmStatic, @JvmField, @JvmOverloads), explaining their usage and Java interoperability intricacies.
proandroiddev.com

Getting Started with Koin Annotations 1.4 in Compose Multiplatform
This guide covers migrating a Compose Multiplatform app from Koin DSL to Koin Annotations 1.4, demonstrating the streamlined benefits of annotations for dependency injection in a clean architecture framework.
blog.kotzilla.io
 


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Android


Understanding Jetpack Compose
This article dives into Jetpack Compose's internal workings, detailing the roles of the Compose Compiler, Runtime, and UI in efficiently building, measuring, positioning, and drawing UI elements across platforms.
theakram.com



Videos


JetBrains: Developer Tools for the Cloud Age
In this episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute Podcast, Hadi Hariri joins to discuss the evolution of programming languages and developer tools.
www.youtube.com

Groovy to Kotlin - Migrating a Gradle Build
Duncan McGregor revisits converting a Gradle build script from Groovy to Kotlin using AI assistance, encountering challenges but making progress with Kotlin's DSL.
www.youtube.com

Kotlin: Properties vs Variables
Alex Sokol explains the difference between properties and variables in Kotlin, highlighting common confusion due to similar syntax, and shares a video for clarity.
www.youtube.com

TypeAlias Show #3 - Immutable and Persistent Lists • Subtyping Composables
In this new livestream, Dave Leeds takes a look at truly immutable lists and persistent lists! I'll also answer your questions, and we'll see how we can subtype composables.
www.youtube.com

Design Patterns Need Not Apply
Isuru Rajapakse dud a talk titled Design Patterns Need Not Apply at the GDG Melbourne Devfest 24, where he debunks some of the OOP design patterns from Java that you don't need to apply in Kotlin
www.youtube.com



Libraries


Kotlin Multiplatform Charset
A Kotlin Multiplatform library providing support for standard and extended character sets, enabling seamless encoding and decoding across platforms.
github.com

Kotlin Multiplatform IO Library
A lightweight Kotlin Multiplatform port of JDK IO classes (Reader, InputStream, BufferedReader, etc.), with support for character encoding via Charset.
github.com

kediatR
Mediator implementation in Kotlin with native coroutine support
github.com

GPT Mobile
Chat app for Android that supports answers from multiple LLMs at once.
github.com

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