ISSUE #278

28th of November 2021

Announcements

Dokka Is In Beta – Try It Now and Share Your Feedback!
Dokka, the documentation engine for Kotlin, has reached Beta. Now it is closer to reach a stable status, but before that JetBrains is looking for feedback.
blog.jetbrains.com

KMM Plugin for Android Studio 0.3.0 Released
The KMM Plugin for Android Studio 0.3.0 has been recently released. It comes with new features and improvements that simplify the creation of new KMM projects, and improves the process of developing iOS applications based on Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile.
blog.jetbrains.com

Articles

Eliminate obsolete object references
You probably knew that we should not keep a reference to an object that is not useful anymore. This excerpt from Effective Kotlin ellaborates on this topic.
kt.academy

KMP vs Flutter vs React Native
There is a wide range of options in cross-platform nowadays, among them Flutter, React Native, and, of course, Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile. The folks at IceRock theoretize about which one we should use.
icerock.medium.com

Hot and cold data sources
This article from Kt. Academy analyses hot and cold streams, what are their features and how to use them.
kt.academy

Sponsored

The Only Way to Solve ANRs That Works
Join this webinar to learn the best way to solve the ANRs that are hurting your business. By finding patterns across ANRs with stack trace flame graphs, mobile teams have better visibility into the root cause and can better prioritize the ANRs with the largest business impact.
go.embrace.io

Android

It has never been easier to understand how to write Unit Tests on Android
Begum Yazici has written an article explaining what are Unit tests, why should we write them, how to write them (and how to do everything in Kotlin).
blog.kotlin-academy.com

Videos

Teaching Introductory Computer Science in Kotlin
Geoffrey Challen speaks about his experience teaching Kotlin in Computer Science at the University of Illinois.
www.youtube.com

The Dangers of Jetpack Compose | Gabor Varadi
Gabor Varadi speaks with Florian Walther about Compose, Kotlin, Android and more.
www.youtube.com

Jobs

Senior Software Engineer, Android at Capital One
We are a Bank/FinTech that reaches tens of millions of consumers every day. We're mobile first and have 200+ native mobile devs. We use Kotlin and Coroutines to build our app with the latest and greatest from Google. Our app is always in the top 10 Finance apps. We're looking to hire 40+ more devs & managers, FULLY REMOTE, in the USA!
capitalone.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Runtastic is looking for (Senior) Android Engineers
Do you want to make a positive impact on people’s lives? Then Runtastic is the right place for you! We help millions of users live healthier via our adidas Running and adidas Training apps, and we are looking for (Senior) Android Engineers who are passionate and want to change the world with code. Let’s make the world a better place!
www.runtastic.com

Conferences

Kotlin KODERS 2021: December 1rst & 2nd in Paris
A conference for all things Kotlin with expert speakers from all over Europe. Join the community for 1 day of workshop and 1 day of conference, engage with experts & members of the Kotlin Team, and discover the Future of our favourite technology!
kotlin-koders.eu

Libraries

Batil
Client SDK to automate stock and options trading
github.com

Awesome KMM
A list that curates the best KMM libraries, tools and more.
github.com

algorithms
A collection of solutions to the data structure and algorithm problems written in Kotlin.
github.com

Kalasim v0.7
Kalasim is an open-source discrete event simulator. It has just released the version 0.7
www.kalasim.org

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