Kotlin-DSL for Gradle: How to convert Gradle scripts to Kotlin

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Talk:

Kotlin-DSL for Gradle: How to convert Gradle scripts to Kotlin
Constantine Bialik

Now it's more then a year since Gradle officially supports Kotlin-DSL to define projects. This (and JetBrain’s effort to support of Kotlin-Native) allows to develop most of the projects COMPLETELY in Kotlin including server side, client side, native/mobile application and build/test scripts.

However most project generating tools still create Gradle scripts in Groovy only. Even IntelliJ IDEA creates Kotlin projects with Groovy script for Gradle.

Now is the perfect time for this presentation to demonstrate how easy it is to convert Groovy script for Gradle to Kotlin-DSL script for Gradle.

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 or AppCode? Now's your chance!

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

What is this Meetup about?

Kotlin Office Hours is a monthly meetup where software developers of all backgrounds who want to learn Kotlin or improve their Kotlin skills can come, share their experiences and get help with their Kotlin projects.

Kotlin is an open-source programming language developed by JetBrains which has seen an upswell of interest since it's 1.0 release in 2016. It now supports not only JVM but JavaScript and LLVM architectures as well. We will have experts speaking about Kotlin and its use in these various architectures, showing their knowledge and the projects that they are working on.

Who is it for?

This meetup is for both beginners and more advanced Kotlin developers who are interested in learning more about Kotlin and in how other developers are using it in their work and projects. Any developer with an interest in Kotlin is encouraged to join this meetup.