ISSUE #269

26th of September 2021

Announcements

Kotlin scripting survey
JetBrains is trying to improve the experience while scripting with Kotlin. They have prepared this survey, where you can help them by answering some questions.
surveys.jetbrains.com

Articles

A better interop story with JS Promises
Etienne Caron has written an article opn how to use the Javascript Promises async/await APIs with Kotlin-JS
kanawish.com

KMM Oddity #1: Interface methods with underscores
Although KMM is on its road to become stable, still presents some minor bugs and oddities reported in Kotlin’s YouTrack. Yev Kanivets describes here one of them.
medium.com

Coroutines under the hood
Marcin Moskała dives deeper into what Coroutines really do under the surface.
kt.academy

Migrating From Python to Kotlin for Our Backend Services
DoorDash explains in this article how they moved from their Django monolithic codebase to a more modern Kotlin approach.
doordash.engineering

Comparing Kotlin and Go implementations of the Monkey language II: Raiders of the Lost Performance
Mario Arias keeps going with his series comparing Kotlin and Go implementations.
medium.com

Android

Jetpack Compose: Adding a Hilt ViewModel to the Navigation graph
Ahmed Tikiwa showcases how can we add a Hilt ViewModel to our Navigation Graph.
medium.com

List animations in Compose: Swipe to delete
This article showcases how to implement Swipe to Delete using Compose.
developersbreach.com

Videos

Idiomatic Kotlin – Result mechanism (What it can do for you!)
This video showcases the Result mechanism of Kotlin, a built-in class/type that can be used to handle exceptions more idiomatically with a recovery feature.
www.youtube.com

Jobs

Open role for Senior Android Engineer @ Forza Football
Join us to make the world of football a better place and available for everyone! Together we’ll build the number one football platform on Android. Get challenged by modern tools and frameworks while contributing with your technical expertise and coordinating to shape the team’s vision for the future. Discover more details in our role description!
forzafootball.teamtailor.com

Podcast

Arrow with Simon Vergauwen
Nico Corti explores in this new episode the realm of Functional programming with Arrow and Simon Vergauwen.
thebakery.dev

Conferences

Roboto brings the Android Community together (at home!) in September!
September 27-28, join speakers and attendees from around the world to talk, network, and learn. Two days packed with talks, birds of a feather get togethers, and much more! Watch Party tickets available for teams and groups that want to watch together.
chicagoroboto.com

Libraries

Arrow 1.0 is out!
Arrow 1.0, the first stable release, is finally out! Make sure to check everything that it includes. No excuses to keep FP outside of your project now.
twitter.com

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