Kotlin Weekly #241

Hi folks, reading a lot about Compose these days? We are enjoying watching all the work that the community is doing. Enjoy the issue this weekend, we also have a lot of Compose articles.

Announcements

Kotlin Heroes: Episode 6 Is Here
Registration for Kotlin Heroes: Episode 6 is open. This coding challenge is hosted by JetBrains and Codeforces, the most popular platform for programming contests. Register here and save the date.
blog.jetbrains.com

Android Code-Along: Kotlin coroutines
Google has started the first Android Code-Along livestream event, and the topic is Kotlin Coroutines. Check out the replay in this link.
youtube.com

Articles

Kotlin Compiler Crash Course
Amanda Hinchman has compiled, pun intended, a repository of helpful sources to figure out what the Kotlin compiler really is.
github.com

Misnomers, Mistakes and Misunderstandings to watch for when learning Kotlin Coroutines and Flow
Nick Skelton has written an article with some anti-patterns that tend to arise when working with Coroutines and Flow.
medium.com

Data classes in Kotlin: how do they impact application size
This interesting article studies the impact of using a high number of data classes in an app.
medium.com

Kotlin Multiplatform — A panacea for mobile app development?
This article analises whether Kotlin Multiplatform is the panacea for mobile development, and whether it has any drawbacks.
mayankmkh.medium.com

Compiling Kotlin in Runtime
In this article, learn about how to use JSR 223 to compile Kotlin code dynamically
dzone.com

Building a backend, an API and a web client using Ktor
Learn in this article how to build an API, backend and a web client using ktor.
www.rafagarcia.dev

Sponsored

Bring Android to life on Peloton’s Bike, Tread, Mobile, and TV Apps app
At Peloton, Android and Kotlin drive the ever-evolving software that brings our members an interactive at-home workout experience, and we are looking for talented engineers to join our team. Android fuels our Bike, Treadmill, Mobile and TV applications. Here’s where you come in! Peloton’s team is growing and looking for Kotlin and Android engineers to join the team. The Android team is responsible for scaling our leaderboard to millions of users, creating new tools for our instructors to connect to members during live classes, working with Exoplayer to continuously improve our video streaming, and much more. If this sounds interesting to you, apply here!
boards.greenhouse.io

Android

Getting our apps ready for Jetpack Compose
Joe Birch has written an article with some tips on how to prepare ourselves and our apps for Jetpack Compose and the declarative mindset. We absolutely recommend you to check it out.
medium.com

Introducing Jetpack Window Manager for foldable and dual-screen devices Codelab
Learn in this workshop from Microsoft how to use Jetpack Window Manager for foldable and dual-screen devices, not only Surface!
devblogs.microsoft.com

Jetpack Compose: First Impressions and Learning Resources
Marton braun has compiled information about what it's like to use Compose at the moment, and some of the best places to learn more about it.
dev.to

Libraries

ktfmt-gradle
A wrapper to apply ktfmt to your Gradle builds, and reformat your Kotlin source code like a glimpse.
github.com

Talaiot 1.4.2
Talaiot 1.4.2 released! Includes new Tag Configuration for InfluxDbPublisher and M1 compatibility
github.com

Spokestack Tray for Android
Spokestack is a UI component that makes it easy to add voice interaction to your app.
github.com

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