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ISSUE #441

12th of January 2025
 



Announcements


Become a KotlinConf 2025 volunteer!
The KotlinConf has started a Call for Volunteers to help out at the conference in May! If you are interested, check out how to join.
kotlinconf.com



Articles


Client is King! Kotlin Multiplatform architecture for native UI — Part 1
Benedict Pregler started a series of articles on Kotlin Multiplatform Architecture. He has published the first one.
medium.com

How modifiers order affects Compose UI appearance
Marcin Moskala has written an article to remind you that modifiers affect the Compose UI output, providing a variety of examples to showcase it.
kt.academy

Kotlin's New Multi-Dollar Feature
With Kotlin 2.1, the language introduces multi-dollar string interpolation, a small but impactful feature that addresses a common pain point for developers who work with templated strings.
www.androidengineers.in


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Videos


Guards and Pattern Guards
In this 9-minute clip from the TypeAlias Show Livestream, Dave Leed takes a look at the new pattern guards preview feature in Kotlin 2.1.
www.youtube.com

AI vs Human - Kotlin Refactoring Showdown
Duncan McGregor refactors AI-generated Kotlin code to embrace immutability, showcasing cleaner algorithms, simpler logic, and even the AI fixing its own mess—our new coding overlord.
www.youtube.com


Jobs

Software Developer in Code Editor
JetBrains is hiring a Software Developer for the Code Editor team. Check out this page with more information about the role.
www.jetbrains.com
 



Conferences


Kotlin Stand @ FOSDEM 2025
There is sadly no Kotlin devroom this year at the FOSDEM, but there will be a Kotlin community stand for the community to meet. Check out more details here.
kotlin-fosdem.github.io



Libraries


KMap
KMap is a A Kotlin Multiplatform Application using Google Maps.
github.com

Attributes-kt
This is a small multiplatform library dedicated to typed attribute containers inspired by kotlinx-coroutines contexts.
github.com

Valera
Valera is an Identity Wallet App written with Compose Multiplatform.
github.com

PlatformTools
PlatformTools is a Kotlin Multiplatform library designed to provide platform-specific utilities and tools across various platforms
github.com

Arbigent
Arbigent is a zero to AI agent testing in minutes for Android, iOS, and Web apps.
github.com

ADB GUI Desktop
A modern Kotlin Multiplatform Desktop client for ADB commands, reimagined from the original Python adbGUI project.
github.com

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