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ISSUE #223

8th of November 2020
 

Hi Kotliners. This last week we had a surprising milestone, and it was the release of Jetpack Compose. Interesting to see whether this will end up expanding as well to other programming paradigms. Happy weekend and happy coding.



Announcements


Kotlin Heroes #5: ICPC Round
The next round of Kotlin Heroes will happen on November 12. Stay tuned to this challenge!
jb.gg

Jetpack Compose for Desktop: Milestone 1 Released
JetBrains has released the first milestone release of Jetpack Compose for Desktop. The project is based on Google’s Jetpack Compose, a toolkit for UI development on Android.
blog.jetbrains.com

Kotlin 1.4 Online Event Recap: Materials and QuizQuest Winners
The Kotlin 1.4 Online Event materials are available to watch at any time. Recordings of the talks and Q&As are available on the event web page, along with slides. You can also watch the recordings sequentially using the Kotlin 1.4 Online Event playlist.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


Data classes — the classy way to hold data
Data classes are one of the most used Kotlin features and for a good reason. In this post, Florina Muntenescu shows us some of the less-studied aspects of data classes.
medium.com

Mastering API Visibility in Kotlin
Marton Braun has published an article where he explores API visibility for Kotlin - and how this can especially benefit design for modules or libraries.
zsmb.co

Jetpack Compose for the Desktop!
John O'Reilly does not lose his time: in this article, he gives you an overview of how to get started with Jetpack Compose and write your first Desktop app.
johnoreilly.dev

How to Make the Compiler Smarter
With Kotlin Contracts, you can “sign an agreement” between you and the compiler — if something goes wrong, the compiler will “sue” you (by crashing the application). Learn how to properly apply Kotlin's contracts in this article.
proandroiddev.com

Solving coding problems with Kotlin: Collection functions
Vadims Savjolovs explains in this article how to solve some coding problems using collections.
proandroiddev.com

Sealed-enum: Replacing Enums in Kotlin
Article describing sealed-enum, a runtime library and annotation processor that allows sealed classes of objects to completely replace normal enum classes, allowing for enumerations with base classes, generics, and hierarchies.
medium.com
 


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Android


Should I learn Kotlin for Android and other FAQs
We know the answer is a yes without palliatives, but in this other article by Florina you will find some of the arguments to conclude with this answer.
medium.com

How-to Github Actions: Build Matrix
Nicola Corti has written another article in his How-to Github Actions series. In this new one, he sets up a Build Matrix, configures a Shadow Job and as a plus, he shares his story on how he migrated #detekt to Github Actions.
cortinico.medium.com



Libraries


Doodle, a pure Kotlin, UI framework for the Web
Doodle is a pure Kotlin, UI framework for the Web, written entirely in Kotlin and so are its apps
nacular.github.io

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