Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #265

 
 

ISSUE #265

29th of August 2021
 



Announcements


Kotlin 1.5.30 Is Now Available!
Since Kotlin 1.5.30 is the last incremental release before Kotlin 1.6.0, it includes many experimental languages and standard library features that JetBrains is planning to release in Kotlin 1.6.0.
blog.jetbrains.com

Learn the Kotlin Basics for Free on JetBrains Academy
JetBrains Academy recently released a new Kotlin Basics track. It helps you get to grasps all the Kotlin programming language essentials as you build a fully functional application.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


Shared Mutable State with Kotlin & Swift
In this article, we’ll explore how to handle shared mutable state in Kotlin and Swift.
codingwithmohit.com

Kotlin Multiplatform Example, KaMP Kit Goes Jetpack Compose (KoMPose Kit)
KaMP Kit, the KMP Kit from Touchlab, is now supporting Compose. Check their story.
touchlab.co

Coroutine builders
In this excerpt from the book Kotlin Coroutines, learn more about the Coroutine builders and how to use them
kt.academy

Clean Code with Kotlin
In this article Magdalena Miu recaps what clean code is, we will highlight the importance of defining meaningful names, and how to write clean functions and classes.
magdamiu.com

Kotlin’s Sealed Interfaces & The Hole in The Sealing
Sealed interfaces were just introduced in Kotlin 1.5 and are a very powerful new feature. But with great power comes great responsibility, so we need to learn when to use and when to not use this newly achieved power.
quickbirdstudios.com


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Android


Migrating to Compose - Android view
In this new article at Compose Academy, birch explains how we can migrate to a Compose app.
compose.academy

Jetpack Compose Animations Beyond the State Change
Gustavo Fao explores some of the challenges and scenarios he found while dealing with Jetpack and Animations.
touchlab.co



Videos


I built an app with Jetpack Compose
Coding in Flow has published a new video, summarising his experience building a Compose app.
www.youtube.com

Kotlin for backend Engineering
Himanshu Singh speaks in this video about the technology and engineering behind Kotlin for the backend.
www.youtube.com



Libraries


KLIP 0.1.0 released
KLIP (Kotlin Multiplatform snapshot ((c|k)lip) manager for tests) has released its version 0.1.0
github.com

Quantitizer
Quantitizer is a quantity stepper for Android projects.
github.com

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