We continue our series of Kotlin for server-side webinars. Between February 18 and March 18 we will host 4 webinars to explore applied software development with Kotlin on server-side through live-coding sessions. Speakers from JetBrains, VMware, Confluent, and Oracle will cover reactive programming, asynchronous applications with the Ktor framework, building microservices with Helidon, and other a

DoorDash uses Kotlin for all their backend services and infrastructure. Hundreds of engineers work with Kotlin across a massive system spanning multiple repos. Two years ago, they made the bold move to split their existing legacy Python monolith into multiple backend services, which they developed in Kotlin. This upgrade resulted in tremendous improvements: Better software performance. Сleaner c

Kotlin is becoming a language of choice for server-side application development. Null safety, 100% Java interoperability, coroutines, and many other features make Kotlin ideal for backend programming. We’re launching a series of webinars to help you to learn more about backend development with Kotlin or even try it for the first time. In the next few weeks, speakers from JetBrains, Google, and

It is quite common to use existing frameworks and libraries for backend application development. If we look at most of the popular frameworks in the Java ecosystem, many of them actually support Kotlin out of the box. There are a lot of Java libraries too. You can use these frameworks and libraries in your Kotlin programs thanks to Kotlin’s flawless Java interoperability. Kotlin is an excellent

Time flies, and today we want to present a few more powerful features of Kotlin 1.4 for your preview. Learn what Kotlin 1.4-M2 has in store, try it, and enjoy its features before they are officially released in Kotlin 1.4. We thank all of you who tried our first preview of Kotlin 1.4, shared your feedback, and helped make Kotlin better! Also many thanks to those who have already tried Kotlin 1

We are happy to announce the first preview version of the new major release: Kotlin 1.4-M1. A few months ago, we published an announcement of what to expect in Kotlin 1.4. As the release approaches, we're offering you a preview in which you can try some of the new things for yourself. In this post, we'll highlight the following new features and key improvements available in 1.4-M1: A new, more p

Today we're happy to present to you the latest version of Kotlin – 1.3.70. This incremental release doesn’t provide any major new features. However, we've tried our best to improve the existing functionality, fix issues, and even add experimental things for you to try. Here are the highlights of Kotlin 1.3.70: New functions and classes for Kotlin collections in the standard library. Various i

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) is an SDK that allows you to use the same business logic code in both iOS and Android applications. Today KMM goes Alpha, and you can start sharing business logic in your mobile apps with it right away. It includes the new KMM Plugin for Android Studio, which allows you to write, run, test, and debug shared code in the same IDE. Join such great teams as VMWare, Au

JetBrains and Touchlab partner to drive Kotlin Multiplatform adoption in 2020 At JetBrains, we’re very delighted to partner with our good friends at Touchlab to increase the adoption of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile technology in 2020 and beyond. Touchlab has released a toolkit for getting started with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile technology. It’s a self-contained GitHub project that you can use as

We are happy to announce the new and improved Kotlin/Native plugin for AppCode 2019.1! Enjoy working on Kotlin, Swift, and Objective-C projects for macOS and iOS inside the same IDE. New to AppCode? AppCode is macOS-only IDE from JetBrains designed specifically for iOS/macOS developers. It offers extensive support for Objective-C and Swift. To try the plugin out open AppCode 2019.1 (EAP or Releas

Kotlin is becoming a language of choice for server-side application development. Null safety, 100% Java interoperability, coroutines, and many other features make Kotlin ideal for backend programming. We’re launching a series of webinars to help you to learn more about backend development with Kotlin or even try it for the first time. In the next few weeks, speakers from JetBrains, Google, and

Welcome to Kotlin Heroes 5: ICPC Round!

Registration for Kotlin Heroes #4 is open! It’s time to save the date for the next round, which will take place May 29, at 14:35 UTC. If you’re already excited to sign up, you can head directly over to the registration page on the Codeforces website. And if you’d like to learn more about Kotlin Heroes, take a look at the blog post below. (more…)

Registration for the next Kotlin Heroes coding challenge is open! This will be the third challenge for programmers co-hosted by JetBrains and Codeforces. Register now and save the date, February 27, 13:35 UTC. What is Kotlin Heroes, and why should you participate? Kotlin Heroes is a collaborative project from JetBrains, the creator of the Kotlin programing language, and Codeforces, the most po

JetBrains and Touchlab partner to drive Kotlin Multiplatform adoption in 2020 At JetBrains, we’re very delighted to partner with our good friends at Touchlab to increase the adoption of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile technology in 2020 and beyond. Touchlab has released a toolkit for getting started with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile technology. It’s a self-contained GitHub project that you can use as

We are happy to announce the new and improved Kotlin/Native plugin for AppCode 2019.1! Enjoy working on Kotlin, Swift, and Objective-C projects for macOS and iOS inside the same IDE. New to AppCode? AppCode is macOS-only IDE from JetBrains designed specifically for iOS/macOS developers. It offers extensive support for Objective-C and Swift. To try the plugin out open AppCode 2019.1 (EAP or Releas