ISSUE #279

4th of November 2021

Announcements

Compose Multiplatform 1.0 is going live!
Compose Multiplatform by JetBrains, the declarative UI framework for Kotlin, has reached version 1.0, which makes it ready for production use! Here are a few highlights of the new version.
blog.jetbrains.com

Advent of Code 2021 in Kotlin – Win Prizes, Solve Problems, Have Fun!
Like every year, JetBrains offers us the Advent of Code. Meaning not only cookies or cinnamon, but also coding in Kotlin. Check out the announcement here.
blog.jetbrains.com

Articles

Use operators to increase readability
Operators can increase readability as long as you don't misuse them. Read in this article how they can help you.
kt.academy

Keeping Gradle Dependencies up to Date with GitHub Actions and RefreshVersions
Dependency management is a pain in the ass. Aleksander Jaworski wrote an article on how to use GitHub Actions to semi-automate dependency updates using RefreshVersions.
akjaw.com

Things every Kotlin Developer should know about Coroutines
Max Kim wrote an extensive article exploring the CoroutineContext.
maxkim.eu

Coroutines racing! Why, and how.
Run multiple related coroutines and canceling or stopping others when one completes comes with its own set of complexity. Louis CAD wrote an article with his learnings on this topic.
blog.louiscad.com

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Android

Considering all unhappy paths in a type-safe way in modern Android
Rafael Costa has been thinking lately about the best error handling solution for a new project at work. He decided to write this article and share it with us.
proandroiddev.com

Android Developer Roadmap 2022
Jaewoong Eum has compiled some resources for us suggesting learning paths to understanding Android development - with a lot of Kotlin bonus tracks.
github.com

Now in Android #52
Now in Android is an ongoing guide to what’s new and notable in the world of Android development - and which generally includes tons of Kotlin content.
medium.com

Videos

Unit Testing Kotlin Flows
Mohit Sarveiya speaks at the 360 Conferences about how to properly work with Kotlin Flows.
vimeo.com

What does a Developer Advocate for Kotlin do?
Sebastian Aigner interviews at The Self-Taught Software Engineer and explains what a Developer Advocate for Kotlin does. A must for all subscribers!
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

Podcast

Moving 1M users to Kotlin and Compose
Victor tells us the story of moving JetBrains Toolbox from C++ to 100% Kotlin.
talkingkotlin.com

Libraries

Introducing Saydle – A Real-time Gradle Audio Notification Script for Mac OSX
Saydle is a Wrapper for the Gradle Wrapper (gradlew) that notifies you via the Mac OSX say command whether a task failed or succeeded.
handstandsam.com

Doodle v0.6.2 released
Doodle (a pure Kotlin UI framework for the Web) has released the version 0.6.2, including support for forms.
github.com

Detekt v1.19.0 released
Detekt has released a new version with a lot of new features, new rules, evolution in the API and stability improvements.
github.com

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