Kotlin - Episode 4th of the 2024 Edition

Hello fellow Kotliners!

We're rolling out the 4th episode of the Kotlin 2024 edition - a shout-out to the people at Deutsche Bank Berlin Technology Centre.

Exclusively for the ones attending, we've got some goodies: we're gonna be raffling a few FREE TICKETS for merge.berlin!! 🔥🔥🔥
And just so you can put down in code any cool ideas you get from it, we're additionally gonna raffle IntelliJ annual licenses!!! 🤩🤩🤩
It's bonanza time!

Line-Up:
First Talk:

Hi, have you met Kotlin Multiplatform?
by Marco Gomiero

Kotlin Multiplatform is getting more and more hype every day. It started as an experimental technology, then alpha, beta, and now it's finally stable. We constantly read of new companies and teams that are using KMP for experiments and production projects alike. And we're left wondering: why pick KMP over any other cross-platform solution? How to approach it? And, most importantly, is it possible to start using it in existing projects? In this talk, I'll answer these questions, clarifying all the doubts and making you ready to use and love Kotlin Multiplatform.

Second Talk:

Life after 2.0: Unveiling the Evolution of Kotlin
by Sergey Shkurov

Kotlin 2.0 is nearly here - and with it, the developers of Kotlin can start bringing language features the community has been asking for. In this talk, we will dive into some of the most interesting community proposals, some of which could appear in Kotlin very soon. Join us to learn how those changes could make your coding easier and more efficient.

Speaker Bio:

Marco is an Android engineer, currently working at Airalo. He is a Google Developer Expert for Kotlin, he loves Kotlin and he has experience with native Android and native iOS development, as well as cross-platform development with Flutter and Kotlin Multiplatform. In his spare time, he writes and maintains open-source code, he shares his dev experience by writing on his blog, speaking at confs and organizing events with the Google Developer Group Venezia and he plays basketball.

Sergey Shkurov, senior engineer "Life after 2.0: Unveiling the Evolution of Kotlin" Okay, here's the description so far: Kotlin 2.0 is nearly here - and with it, the developers of Kotlin can start bringing language features the community has been asking for. In this talk, we will dive into some of the most interesting community proposals, some of which could appear in Kotlin very soon. Join us to learn how those changes could make your coding easier and more efficient. Speaker bio: Sergey is a Software Engineer working at Deutsche Bank. He started with Java in 2014, but has become a fan of Kotlin since 2019. Sergey always strives to promote the best coding practices in his workplace and share his knowledge on Kotlin.