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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

The KotlinConf session recordings have now all been uploaded to the website, along with the slides if there were any. You can search for a particular talk, or you can watch all of them one by one with the KotlinConf playlist on JetBrains TV. Additionally, all the pictures from the conference are now available! They have been collected into albums and uploaded to the website. (more…)

It’s turning into a nice tradition to broadcast KotlinConf. This year the community will have full access to the conference via the KotlinConf 2019 Live broadcast. We will be covering four of the presentation tracks scheduled for the conference, and the icing on the cake is that there will be some special content that’s only available online through KotlinConf 2019 Live! Tune in to watch 12 insig

2019 has been amazing for the Kotlin community with developments like the language of choice on Android, a wave of Kotlin/Everywhere events, Breakout Project of the Year at OSCON ’19… and the year is not over yet. Today we reveal one more wonderful opportunity for Kotlin lovers: get together for KotlinConf 2019 Global with your local user group! Organize a meetup for your community to watch th

We are excited to announce the second round of our Kotlin Heroes programming contest taking place on the Codeforces platform. JetBrains is working once again with Codeforces to promote Kotlin in the competitive programming community, as well as to give the Kotlin community a platform to compare and hone their algorithmic programming skills. We hope that any of you who entered our first round on th

When we say ‘Kotlin is everywhere’, we mean it. Kotlin works on all platforms, and it allows you to develop all types of applications. Developers are excited about Kotlin and hungry for opportunities to learn more. Now it’s time to bring it to your city with the support of JetBrains and Google. We’re happy to announce our new program, Kotlin/Everywhere – a series of community-driven events focu

Kotlin 1.0 was released 3 years ago. It has been an amazing journey and a huge achievement to get to where we are today: Kotlin/Native has opened up incredible possibilities for Kotlin usage on all platforms, Kotlin was announced as a first-class language on Android, and our KotlinConf has become a successful annual event. The potential for the language is immense: every year Kotlin users double i

Our Kotlin community is growing fast; the number of users has increased by almost 3 times this year. The feedback you give is very important to us both as newcomers who have just started using Kotlin in 2018 and as experienced Kotlin users. If you're still hesitant about using Kotlin, we would like to know why. Your responses are very appreciated and important to us too. If you filled out the su

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Server-side with Kotlin Webinar Series

Kotlin Heroes 5: ICPC Round is Approaching

Kotlin Heroes 4: the Next Round is Almost Here

Kotlin Heroes 3: A Programming Challenge from JetBrains and Codeforces

Accelerate Your Kotlin Multiplatform Evaluation with KaMP Kit

KotlinConf 2019 Materials Are Available on the Website

KotlinConf 2019 Live: Join the Broadcast, Attend the Q&A!

KotlinConf 2019 Global: Join In!

Kotlin Heroes programming contest, round #2

Kotlin Is Everywhere! Join the Global Event Series

Kotlin Census 2018 Infographics and Report

Kotlin Census 2018