We are incredibly grateful to the hundreds of people who participated in Advent of Code in Kotlin this year! We want to recognize the amazing community spirit we saw during Advent of Code, so we’re sending prizes to 15 participants.

Take part in Advent of Code 2022 in Kotlin and win prizes. We invite you to join us in participating in Advent of Code in Kotlin this year. It’s a great way to practice your problem-solving, keep your Kotlin skills sharp, compete, and learn from the fantastic community surrounding the event. And it’s a wonderful way to get your hands on some exclusive Kotlin prizes!

To unveil the full power of Kotlin and JetBrains tools, as well as their advantages in algorithmic problem-solving, we’ve invited two competitive programming stars to match their skills in solving Kotlin problems on stage at the ICPC World Finals.

Showcase your creativity by building a Kotlin Multiplatform project using the technology that will help shape the future. If your entry makes it into the top 3, you’ll win a trip to KotlinConf’23!

Kotlin 1.7.20-RC, kotlinx.serialization 1.4.0, KotlinConf Call for Speakers, and more news in the Kotlin monthly digest. Check it out!

Join us on Thursday, August 11, 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC, for our free live webinar, Kotlin and Code With Me: Tips for Collaborative Programming, Teaching, and Learning.

We’re happy – no, strike that! – we’re thrilled, ecstatic, and overjoyed to announce that KotlinConf is back! 🌷 The next KotlinConf will take place in person in Amsterdam on April 12–14, 2023. Finally we’ll be able to get together again and share the exciting things going on with Kotlin.  Register now to join the Kotlin community at the event of the year. Workshops, talks, and fun are guaranteed! Get your tickets before they run out! Get tickets (more…)

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UPD: Given the current circumstances, we have decided to postpone Kotlin Heroes until further notice. Thank you for your understanding. Kotlin Heroes is our Kotlin-only contest hosted by the Codeforces. It is a great way to play around with Kotlin’s features, learn something new, and practice using the language by solving fun problems. It is great for programmers of any level! Everyone has a chance to win some cool prizes: exclusive Kotlin Heroes t-shirts, stickers, and even money. Watch Gennady “tourist” Korotkevich, the most awarded competitive programmer in the world and a repeat wi

We invite you to join us for the livestream Kotlin Basics Track Tour With a JetBrains Academy Expert, featuring Dmitry Sitnikov, JetBrains Academy Expert and consulting software engineer. The livestream will start at 3:00 PM UTC on Wednesday, February 16.  Use these links to save the date in your calendar: Outlook Calendar or iCal: Add to CalendarGoogle Calendar: Add to Calendar In this livestream, Dmitry will cover the following topics: How a project-based, practice-oriented approach helps when learning programming.Kotlin tracks on JetBrains Academy: Kotlin Basics, Kotlin

About Advent of Code Advent of Code is an annual event that publishes fun, holiday-themed puzzles every day from December 1 to December 25. Thousands of people each year take part in Advent of Code.  We at JetBrains and on the Kotlin team have been taking part in Advent of Code for several years now. As a proud sponsor of Advent of Code 2021, we encouraged our community to join us in solving the puzzles in Kotlin. To boost morale, we announced a prize giveaway for the participants. It was lots of fun! Almost 4000 repositories were created from the Advent of Code in Kotlin GitHub templ

“Always bet on the future. If you’re not willing to, it’s hard to enjoy a life in technology.”Geoffrey Challen On November 23, we held a ‘Teaching Introductory Computer Science in Kotlin’ webinar, featuring Geoffrey Challen, Teaching Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the lead instructor for a course, which is now the largest introductory computer science course to offer Kotlin as a language option, with an impressive 1300 students. SlidesCS1 in Kotlin essayCourse page According to Geoffrey, Kotlin is an ideal choice for a first programmin