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Unwrap the joy of coding challenges as we gear up for Advent of Code, which JetBrains is proud to be sponsoring for a third consecutive year! Starting December 1, the JetBrains community will be diving into 25 days of coding challenges at adventofcode.com, and we warmly invite you to participate using Kotlin.

Are you preparing for technical interviews, or do you simply want to master algorithms? Join us for a practical livestream where we’ll introduce the Algorithmic Challenges in Kotlin course!

Are you a student or recent graduate? Create a cross-platform project in Kotlin, if your entry takes one of the top spots, you’ll win a trip to KotlinConf'24!

KotlinConf is bringing the Kotlin community together for the fifth time, from May 22 to 24, 2024, at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark!

An important milestone of our educational initiatives is the release of a freely available semester-long Programming in Kotlin curriculum. The Programming in Kotlin course includes slides for 11 lectures covering core Kotlin programming language concepts complete with speaker notes. The course comes with assessment resources, such as quizzes, three tests, and four homework assignments with hands-on coding exercises. You can use the curriculum as-is or adjust it to fit your educational needs.

Join us for a special livestream for Kotlin educators on Jun 21, 2023 at 16:00 UTC! Our guest, Anastasia Birillo, is a Kotlin developer and instructor, an active member of the Kotlin community, and one of the authors of the ‘Programming in Kotlin’ course materials. Anastasia is teaching this course at Constructor University in Bremen, Germany and Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus. During this livestream, Anastasia will share her teaching experience and the new course materials, designed specifically for Kotlin educators and available for free. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and get them answered during the Q&A part of the livestream.

We are thrilled to announce that 5 Kotlin project contributors have been selected for Google Summer of Code 2023! With the guidance of mentors from JetBrains, Google, and Gradle, they will work on 12-week programming projects with the Kotlin Foundation.

Whether you missed out on the event or just want to re-watch your favorite talks, you can now easily find all the talks on the KotlinConf website, along with photos from the conference. You can also find all of the recordings on the Kotlin YouTube channel.

Are you ready to be a part of the conference experience? We will be streaming KotlinConf’23 live on YouTube, so you will have full access to the conference, even if you can’t attend in person! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4f4SCEYA5Q

GSoC is a global online stipend program focused on bringing new contributors into open-source software development. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a 12-week programming project with the Kotlin Foundation under the guidance of mentors from Google, and JetBrains, while gaining experience on a real-world project in the open-source community.

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!