ISSUE #280

12th of November 2021

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Announcements

Kotlin 1.6 Support in IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3
The two latest versions of IntelliJ IDEA were released with a bundled Kotlin IDE Plugin based on the previous stable version of the Kotlin compiler. This has caused some confusion, and JetBrains wants to clarify this topic.
blog.jetbrains.com

Results of the Kotlin Features Survey 2021
A few months ago we held the second poll for the most awaited features in Kotlin. Here you can find the results of the survey and the of JetBrains for the top-voted features.
blog.jetbrains.com

Server-side With Kotlin Webinar Series, Vol. 4
JetBrains has announced a new series of webinars about Kotlin for server-side, which will be held between December 14 and 21.
blog.jetbrains.com

Articles

Kotlin Multiplatform under the surface
Kotlin Multiplatform hides some secrets under its surface (including its naming policy). Check out this article to learn more.
dev.to

Kotlin Native. New Memory management Model
Anna Zharkova explains the memory management model in Kotlin Native (new since 31st of August).
medium.com

Let it be ?.
This post goes through one of the scope functions offered by Kotlin which is let and few misconceptions around its usage.
punitd.dev

Android

Composite Pattern in Kotlin: Android Example
Elie Omatuku covers in this article the Composite pattern, its benefits and cons, and important definitions.
medium.com

Videos

Functional programming in Kotlin: Exploring Arrow
Arrow fills the missing bits with things like new data types like Try and Either and Optics. Check this video to learn more about it.
www.youtube.com

Modern Android Development features [Google Between The Brackets 2021] (Episode 12)
In this episode, GDE Mohit Sarveiya, GDE Madona Syomba and GDG Jay Whitsitt discuss Modern Android Development features and how you can utilize them better.
www.youtube.com

Podcast

Datadog for Android with Xavier F. Gouchet
Nico Corti speaks in this episode we are going to meet Xavier Gouchet and the Datadog Android SDK.
thebakery.dev

Talking Kotlin with Pamela Hill
In this episode of Talking with Apples Pamela Hill speaks about all things Kotlin: Kotlin as a programming language, some of its popular features such as coroutines, a little bit of Kotlin Multiplatform and much more.
anchor.fm

Conferences

FOSDEM Kotlin DevRoom CfP
The CFP for FOSDEM Kotlin DevRoom of this year is out. Check it out, and consider sending a proposal for a free, open and community-friendly conference.
github.com

Libraries

Data2viz
Data2viz is a data visualization toolbox for Kotlin Multiplatform.
github.com

KToml
Multiplatform TOML parser and deserializer for Kotlin Native.
github.com

Kermit KMP Logging 1.0
Touchlab has announced Kermit 1.0, the stable release of their Kotlin Multiplatform logging library (log4j-exploit-free).
touchlab.co

Thistle
Kotlin multiplatform String markup library, inspired by SRML.
github.com

kotlinx-resources
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) plugin and library that adds support for reading resources in tests.
github.com

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