ISSUE #226

28th of November 2020

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Announcements

Kotlin 1.4.20 Released
Now it is official: Kotlin 1.4.20 has been released. Here you can see the official JetBrains announcement, with all the newly included features.
blog.jetbrains.com

GitLive Case Study: Kotlin Multiplatform Across Desktop and Mobile
JetBrains has published a new case study from GitLive. They are using Kotlin Multiplatform not only on mobile, but also on the desktop. Always a fantastic read to see how other companies are dealing with KMP.
blog.jetbrains.com

Server-side with Kotlin Webinar Series
JetBrains is releasing a series of webinars to help you to learn more about backend development with Kotlin or even try it for the first time.
blog.jetbrains.com

Build Better Apps with Kotlin
Google has a new landing page that explains why teams would want to adopt Kotlin. In case you need to argue with your team, this is a handy resource.
developer.android.com

Articles

Programming Language Evolution
The history of programming languages is ripe with evolution. Existing languages constantly evolve and new languages are created to address the emerging needs. Roman Elizarov writes about how we moved from GOTO languages to the current idiomatic approaches.
elizarov.medium.com

Debugging Binary Kotlin Frameworks
Ben Asher has put together some of his thoughts on debugging binary Kotlin iOS frameworks.
benasher.co

KMM exploration
Jamie McDonald started recently a new KMM app. He has summarized his thoughts and what he learned in this article.
jdam.cd

When is a Type not a Type? Kotlin in the IDE
Paul Blundell explains the ‘show type hints’ feature of IntelliJ.
blog.blundellapps.co.uk

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Videos

Quine in Kotlin
In this video, Dmitry Kandalov uses Kotlin and IntelliJ to write a quine: a program that prints its own source code.
www.youtube.com

There Is 1 Broken API Among Us
Nicola Corti analyses how can we avoid libraries and APIs getting broken while we develop them, and will showcase some of the available tools we have.
www.youtube.com

NetEase Cloud Music create better app experiences with Kotlin and new technologies
Google has published a new study case of companies using Kotlin. In this case, NetEasy explains how and why are they using Kotlin.
www.youtube.com

Podcast

GraphQL with Apollo and Kotlin
Hadi speaks in this new chapter with some of the folks working on the Apollo library for GraphQL, and how they are providing multiplatform support with Kotlin.
talkingkotlin.com

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