Taking Kotlin Multiplatform to the Cloud, a Serverless Approach

Pizza and drinks will be provided!

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Talk:

Taking Kotlin Multiplatform to the Cloud, a Serverless Approach
Ryan Batchelder

Running Kotlin/JVM on serverless platforms typically means dealing with high memory usage and slower startup times, which means interpreted languages like JS and Python are typically more popular. Since Kotlin can target JS, we can actually write Kotlin code that runs on serverless Node runtimes to get the performance and memory benefits that runtime provides. Surprisingly, we can also use Kotlin/Native to target serverless platforms to combine the speed of native code with the simplicity of serverless operations. I’ll talk about how to use both of these approaches to build cheaper, more performant serverless applications and how you might choose between them.

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.