Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #237

 
 

ISSUE #237

14th of February 2021
 

Happy Valentines' Kotliners! This week we are coming with a decent bunch of interesting links. Check them out.



Announcements


Going Reactive With Spring WebFlux, Kotlin Coroutines, and RSocket
In this new Webinar from JetBrains, Oleh Dokuka and Anton Arhipov will cover the process of building a chat application with Spring, Kotlin, and RSocket.
info.jetbrains.com

Kotlin for Apache Spark: One Step Closer to Your Production Cluster
JetBrains has released the Preview 2 of Kotlin for Apache Spark. Let’s take a look at what we have implemented since Preview 1.
blog.jetbrains.com

Down Dog Case Study: Building 500K Subscribers App with KMM
In this case study, learn how Down Dog built their app using KMM.
blog.jetbrains.com

Announcing Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP) Alpha
Google has released the alpha version of Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP), an all-new tool for building lightweight compiler plugins in Kotlin.
android-developers.googleblog.com



Articles


Design Notes on Kotlin Value Classes
Roman Elizarov has published design notes on Kotlin value classes, a full collection of the design ideas JetBrains been discussing for future Kotlin enhancements with a focus on better support for immutability
github.com

StateFlow and SharedFlow: the new hot stream APIs in town
There's been quite a hype around StateFlow and SharedFlow in Kotlin/Android community. Learn about them in this article.
www.rockandnull.com

AI Applications in Kotlin
Almo, DevRel at Google, has been working on applications on AI applications in Kotlin.
github.com

Backpressure in your Kotlin Flows
Nick Skelton explains in his latest article how to deal with backpressure in your Kotlin Flows
medium.com

Practical concepts for Coroutines
This article covers the practical concepts for using coroutines in real world projects.
www.chaddha.me

Optimize java byte code
Find in this article a few optimizations that you can perform on your Kotlin/Java code to obtain a leaner bytecode.
kdhillon.com



Android


New curriculum for educators to teach Android app development
Google has released new curriculum materials for anyone who wants to teach Android development with Kotlin in a classroom or community group setting. Check out the announcement here.
android-developers.googleblog.com

How we sped up Dropbox Android app startup by 30%
Check out in this article how Dropbox has optimized the startup of their app by 30%.
dropbox.tech

Kotlin Multiplatform Project for Android and iOS: Getting Started
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Kotlin Multiplatform and build an app for Android and iOS with the same business logic code.
www.raywenderlich.com

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Kotlin Weekly #236

Sunday, February 7, 2021

ISSUE #236 7th of February 2021 Hi Kotliners. For all of you celebrating the Lunar New Year, take care and have a fantastic time with the families and relatives. Now enjoy some Kotlin for this weekend.

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ISSUE #235 31st of January 2021 Good morning folks! Here in Vietnam we are getting ready for the Lunar New Year. Take care during these days, and enjoy our selection of articles. Announcements Philips

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ISSUE #234 24th of January 2021 Good morning kotliners! It seems that companies are going hard these days with Use Cases of Kotlin and some frameworks. We are happy particularly to see KMP adoption

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