Kotlin Weekly - Kotlin Weekly #296

 
 

ISSUE #296

3rd of April 2022
 



Announcements


Android Integration and Support for All Kinds of Multiplatform Projects in the Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile Plugin for AppCode
Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile plugin for AppCode just got a huge update. JetBrains is sharing the exciting news with us.
blog.jetbrains.com



Articles


An opinionated guide on how to make your Kotlin code fun to read and joy to work with
Gabor Varadi wrote an article with his opinion and guidelines on how to create joy from your Kotlin code.
proandroiddev.com

Crash course on the Kotlin compiler | 1. Frontend: Parsing phase
Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez brings his new series of articles on the Kotlin compiler. The first one deals with the parsing phase.
hinchman-amanda.medium.com

Handling null: optional and nullable types
Nicolas Fränkel offers us a crash course on how to deal with nullability in Kotlin.
blog.frankel.ch

Leveraging the Semaphore concept in Coroutines to limit the parallelism
In this article by Shreyas Patil we'll learn to use the concept of Semaphore with Kotlin coroutines to limit parallelism.
blog.shreyaspatil.dev

Consider factory functions instead of secondary constructors
In this new article from the Effective Kotlin series, you will learn why you should consider factory functions instead of using secondary constructors.
kt.academy

Object equality in Java and Kotlin
An old but good to know topic, entities equality in Java and Kotlin, including some potential pitfalls with data class.
medium.com


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Android


How a single Android developer improved Lyft’s Drivers app startup time by 21% in one month
Folks at Lyft noticed a slowdown in the startup time of their drivers’ Android app. With the help of Android vitals they located the problem, made a case for prioritizing it and dedicated the right amount of resources to solving it. Here is the story.
android-developers.googleblog.com

Rx to Coroutines Concepts, Part 5: Shared Flows
In the last entry in this series, Bill Phillips discusses the core Flow API and how to transform one flow into another. This article tackles the Data Sources.
code.cash.app



Videos


Kotlin Tips: Doing More with the Elvis Operator
In this episode of Kotlin Tips, Sebastian will show how to add some more logic, for example, logging, to the right part of the Elvis operator.
www.youtube.com


Jobs

(Senior) Android Engineer (d/f/m)
Mobimeo is changing the way cities move. We are a technology company working on simplifying everyday mobility in urban centers. Our Android team develops digital mobility applications using Kotlin involving mapping, routing and live navigation topics.
mobimeo.jobs.personio.de

Open role for Senior Android Engineer @ Forza_[X]
Join us in our new journey! Get challenged by projects, 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

Detekt with the Detekt maintainers
This special chapter from the Developers' Bakery brings three special guests: Brais Gabin, Chao Zhang and Markus Schwarz. They are, together with Nicola, some of the maintainers of Detekt, the Kotlin static analyzer.
thebakery.dev



Libraries


Komapper
Komapper is a Kotlin ORM for JDBC and R2DBC.
github.com

Cohort
Ktor based spring-actuator style library - healthchecks, logging, database
github.com

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ISSUE #295 27th of March 2022 Articles How to leverage functional programming in Kotlin to write better, cleaner code In this post from DoorDash you will learn what the benefits and potential downsides

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ISSUE #294 20th of March 2022 Articles Improved caching with Kotlin flows and the reduce function Annyce Davis has been working to reduce the load on a database by focusing on various caching solutions

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