Dependency Injection (DI) is a design pattern which has been around for while, but recently it has become more commonly used in the development of Android applications, due mainly to the implementation of some rather nifty DI frameworks. You must be … [Read more...] about Koin Dependency Injection for Android
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Kotlin vs Java: Is It the Time to Change the Language?
"Is it the Time to Change the Language?" - Well to answer this simple and basic question, lets first have background check at Kotlin language. Kotlin is a powerful statically-typed programming language that uses and runs on the Java Virtual … [Read more...] about Kotlin vs Java: Is It the Time to Change the Language?
Kotlin for Java Virtual Machine
#Introduction What exactly is JVM? - Well in very simple terms, the Java Virtual Machine is used on the computers to run the Bytecodes generated by the Java compiler. So does that mean only Java is meant to run the JVM. Kotlin provides many features … [Read more...] about Kotlin for Java Virtual Machine
Collection of Frequently Used Idioms in Kotlin
A collection of random and frequently used idioms in Kotlin. If you have a favorite idiom, contribute it by sending a pull request. Creating DTOs (POJOs/POCOs) data class Customer(val name: String, val email: String) provides a Customer class … [Read more...] about Collection of Frequently Used Idioms in Kotlin
Document Kotlin Code
KDoc, the language used to document the Kotlin code, equivalent to Java's JavaDoc. KDoc combines the JavaDoc's syntax for block tags (extended to support Kotlin's specific construct) and Markdown for inline markup. Generating the … [Read more...] about Document Kotlin Code
Getting Started with Kotlin Coroutines
With version 1.1 of Kotlin comes a new experimental feature called coroutines. The statement means it may get some changes in the upcoming releases of Kotlin. When compiling coroutines in Kotlin 1.1, a warning is reported by default: The feature … [Read more...] about Getting Started with Kotlin Coroutines
Pondering over Kotlin Ranges
Range expressions are formed with rangeTo functions that have the operator form .. which is complemented by in and !in. Range is defined for any comparable type, but for integral primitive types it has an optimized implementation. Here are some … [Read more...] about Pondering over Kotlin Ranges
Compile your Kotlin Projects to JavaScript Modules
Kotlin allows the developers to compile the Kotlin project to Javascript modules for popular module systems. The list of available options are: Plain (Default) - The compilation is not done for any module system. You can access the module by … [Read more...] about Compile your Kotlin Projects to JavaScript Modules
Null Safety – Kotlin’s Biggest Feature
Null Safety - one of the biggest features of Kotlin's, this feature aims to eliminate the danger of null references. Kotlin's type system is responsible for this by distinguishing references that can hold nullable references and non-null … [Read more...] about Null Safety – Kotlin’s Biggest Feature
3 Simple Strategies to apply Kotlin to existing Java Code
Since the announcement of Kotlin as the official language of Android in Google I/O, we have been trying to find what will be the best strategies to test and implement the Kotlin to existing Java code base. And then the magic happened, last week we … [Read more...] about 3 Simple Strategies to apply Kotlin to existing Java Code