Kotlin Office Hours at Wayfair

We're switching things up this month, and headed to Wayfair! There, we'll hear about how the Wayfair Android team has been using Kotlin to do all sorts of exciting things.

Please note that, for security reasons, YOU MUST RSVP FOR THIS EVENT TO GET IN! You will also need to bring a photo ID.

Closest T Stops:
Back Bay (Orange line and commuter rail)
Copley (Green line)
Prudential (Green line)

Talks:

Getting your team to love Kotlin
Varsha Venkatesh

So you’ve discovered the joys of Kotlin, but your team isn’t feeling the love just yet. This talk will introduce a plan that will get your codebase from zero to coroutines in no time. Along the way, we will talk about how Wayfair got started with Kotlin, the things we did right the first time, and the things we could have done better.

Klean Kotlin - How Kotlin can enhance clean architecture
Patrick Beagan

This talk will give an overview of clean architecture and the Wayfair implementation of it for Android. It will go into how adding kotlin into the app changed how the app was architected, and allowed for more expressiveness with greater separation of concerns.

Using Kotlin native to share code in an Android/iOS project
Anthony Gallo

In this talk, Anthony will go over his findings of how to setup a multi-platform project between Android and iOS using kotlin native to share a majority of a codebase. The talk will dive into pros and cons of this implementation along with potential solutions that can make the implementation even more usable.

Raffle:

Thanks to support from Jetbrains, we'll be raffling off a one-year license to a Jetbrains IDE of your choice. Always wanted to try out Intellij IDEA Ultimate? Or maybe you hope to play with the Kotlin Native support in CLion? Now's your chance!

• 6:30pm: Doors open
• 6:30-7:00pm: Eat and meet
• 7:00-7:15pm: Intro
• 7:15-8:15pm: Speakers / Q & A
• 8:15-8:30pm: Raffle!
• 8:30pm: Office Hours / Coding and Social Time

More detailed directions:

Entering from doors at Dartmouth & Stuart Streets:

1. Enter and go up the first set of escalators directly in front of you
2. Continue up the next set of escalators to your left
3. Walk towards the center of the mall
4. Continue walking straight, when you get to the center of the floor (under the large skylight) go up the set of escalators to your left (in front of the entrance to Barney’s New York), or take the elevators to the top level
5. Continue up on the next set of escalators to the level above the mall
6. The security desk will be directly in front of you, where you can check in and then be directed to our office

Entering from Huntington Avenue/from the Prudential Center:

1. Enter the shopping area of the mall by going up the set of escalators to your left (if entering from Huntington Avenue) or straight ahead (if entering from the Prudential Center)
2. Walk straight through the mall, when you get to the center of the floor (under the large skylight) go up the set of escalators to your right (in front of the entrance to Barney’s New York) or take the elevators to the top level
3. Continue up on the next set of escalators to the level above the mall
4. The security desk will be directly in front of you, where you can check in and then be directed to our office