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Kotlin and Javascript 1. Overview Kotlin is a next-generation programming language developed by JetBrains. It gains popularity with the Android development community as a replacement for Java. Another exciting feature of Kotlin is the support of server- and client-side JavaScript. In this article, we’re going to discuss how to write server-side JavaScript applications… Continue Reading kotlin-javascript

Split a List into Parts in Kotlin 1. Introduction Let’s say we have an array like [a, b, c, d, e, f] and we want to split the elements up into separate groups, like or . In this tutorial, we’ll achieve this while examining some differences between Kotlin’s groupBy, chunked,… Continue Reading kotlin-split-list-into-parts

Threads vs Coroutines in Kotlin 1. Introduction In this quick tutorial, we’re going to create and execute threads in Kotlin. Later on, we’ll discuss how to avoid it altogether, in favor of Kotlin Coroutines. 2. Creating Threads Creating a thread in Kotlin is similar to doing so in Java. We… Continue Reading kotlin-threads-coroutines

Creating a Kotlin Range Iterator on a Custom Object 1. Introduction In a previous article, we showed how we can create a range in Kotlin, and how easy it is to iterate over Int, Long and Char types. But what if we want to iterate over a custom type? Is… Continue Reading kotlin-custom-range-iterator

Static Methods Behavior in Kotlin 1. Overview One way in which the Kotlin language differs from Java is that Kotlin doesn’t contain the static keyword that we’re familiar with. In this quick tutorial, we’ll see a few ways to achieve Java’s static method behavior in Kotlin. 2. Package-Level Functions Let’s… Continue Reading kotlin-static-methods

Nested forEach in Kotlin 1. Introduction In this short Kotlin tutorial, we’ll look at the parameter scope inside a forEach loop’s lambda. First, we define the data which we’ll use in our examples. Second, we’ll see how to use forEach to iterate over a list. Third, we’ll look at how to… Continue Reading kotlin-nested-foreach

Reflection with Kotlin 1. Introduction Reflection is the name for the ability to inspect, load and interact with classes, fields, and methods at runtime. We can do this even when we don’t know what they are at compile time. This has a large number of uses, depending on what we… Continue Reading kotlin-reflection

Kotlin Immutable Collections 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to create immutable collections in Kotlin. First, we’ll explore the types of immutability as well as what Kotlin provides as standard. Then, we’ll look at how to leverage Google’s Guava library to create truly immutable collections. As… Continue Reading kotlin-immutable-collections