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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!

Kotlin 1.7.20 Beta, KolinConf workshops, the State of Mobile Jobs survey, and much more news in the Kotlin monthly digest. Check it out!

Check out this Kotlin Monthly Digest for June to get a glimpse of everything we’ve been working on!

Kotlin News: The Release of 1.7.0, Roadmap Updates, Multiplatform Survey Results, and More

Hello, fellow data engineers! It’s Pasha here, and today I'm going to introduce you to the new release of Kotlin API for Apache Spark. It's been a long time since the last major release announcements, mainly because we wanted to avoid bothering you with minor improvements. But today's announcement is huge! First, let me remind you what the Kotlin API for Apache Spark is and why it was created. Apache Spark is a framework for distributed computations. It is usually used by data engineers for solving different tasks, for example for the ETL process. It supports multiple languages straight out

Kotlin Digest Spring: 1.7.0-Beta, Ktor 2.0, Surveys, Videos, and More

It’s been an intense start to the year! Check out this Kotlin Monthly Digest for January to get a glimpse of everything we’ve been working on: The first preview of Kotlin 1.6.20 is out! Introducing Kotlin 1.6.20-M1! It brings the following changes:  Defining context-dependent declarations in Kotlin/JVM with prototype context receivers.Faster builds with parallel compilation of a single module in the JVM IR backend. Faster development with incremental compilation in Kotlin/JS IR. Easier code sharing with the hierarchical structure for multiplatform projects.Kotlin/Na

The Kotlin 2021 Premier Online Event has started! The next two weeks are going to be full of exciting content. We’ve prepared lots of updates from the Kotlin team, news on the Kotlin ecosystem, and an opportunity to get a glimpse into the future of Kotlin. All of this is in your favorite format – YouTube videos – so stay ahead of the curve from the comfort of your couch! Subscribe to Kotlin YouTube Enjoy the keynote with the main news   Here you can find updates and exciting news on the Kotlin ecosystem in the event keynote by Roman Elizarov, Ekaterina Petrova, Sebastian Aigner,

Kotlin Heroes is our Kotlin-only quarterly coding contest hosted by the Codeforces competitive programming platform. This contest is a great way to play around with the powerful Kotlin features and practice the language by solving fun tasks. It is great for programmers of any level and there is a chance for anyone to win one of our cool prizes: exclusive Kotlin Heroes t-shirts, stickers, and even money. Stream by tourist This round is a very special one. The Kotlin Heroes: Episode 8 practice round will take place during the world’s “programming Olympics” – the ICPC World Finals. The mo

Let’s continue our journey of understanding what “idiomatic Kotlin” means and solve one more puzzle from the Advent of Code challenge. The puzzles are independent of each other, so you don’t need to check any of the previous ones we’ve already covered. Simply read through the following solution or watch the video. We hope you learn something new! (more…)

Enjoy the flexibility of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile. Use it in your projects, share different parts of your apps, and integrate with different UI frameworks.

We're introducing a new plugin for your Kotlin/JS applications – the Kotlin/JS Inspection Pack. It adds valuable inspections and quick-fixes that help you build and maintain your Kotlin/JS projects. GET KOTLIN/JS INSPECTION PACK The plugin is especially helpful if you want to migrate your projects to the new Kotlin/JS IR compiler that’s been promoted to Beta in the latest 1.5.30 release. There are some major differences between the legacy compiler and the new one, so switching your Kotlin/JS project to the new backend may require some changes in your code. Fortunately, the Kotlin/JS