Kotlin Meetup - November 2022 Edition

Hello Kotliners!

We will have a special event in November with some folks from Google, JetBrains, and Gradle presenting.

Stay tuned and save the date! Wanna speak too at the next event? Wanna host our need meetup? Just DM us.

Doors open at 18.00. The first talk will start at 18.30. There will be a break between the talks.

Talks:

Depends on the Context! by Aleksei Semin
Is four a lot? In this talk, we will look at Context Receivers -- a feature prototype in the Kotlin language. We will explore the expected and unexpected use cases as well as some pitfalls when using the feature. Context Receivers could be an exciting new addition to your Kotlin toolbox.

Enabling recomposition for App widgets by Marcel Pintó Biescas
Jetpack Glance is the new way to build Android App Widgets and other glanceable surfaces with Kotlin and Compose style code. We recently implemented recomposition support, enabling support for remember, side-effects and lambda callbacks making it even easier to build great Android App Widgets. In this session I will cover some of the concepts and do a live-demo of the new mechanism.

Back to the Stdlib: Making the Most of Kotlin’s Standard Library by Sebastian Aigner
The best functions and classes are the ones you already have with you.” Let Sebastian Aigner take you on a journey through the features you get out of the box with Kotlin. From string manipulation to collection modification, the Kotlin standard library gives you powerful tools for many common programming task that can make you a more efficient and expressive developer. See what gems you may not have uncovered yet, extend your Kotlin vocabulary, and impress friends and family with an even stronger grasp of Kotlin’s built-in classes and functions. Whether you’re new to Kotlin, or have years of experience – you’ll discover something new!

Wanna speak too at the next event? Wanna host our need meetup? Just DM us.