Meta Tech Podcast

49: Kotlin DevX at Instagram

Feb 27, 2023

33:53

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The Instagram Devcraft Team Partners With Android Devx Teams for Increasive Build Speed

02:18

Kotlin Code - What Are the Challenges?

02:07

Kotlin in Instagram for Android - What's Next?

02:30

Introduction

2min

Metat

2min

I Love Your Focus on Empathy

2min

Kotlin Adoption at Instagram

2min

IDE Support and Lint Integration - What Does Good Kotlin Code Look Like?

2min

Kotlin Code - What Are the Challenges?

2min

Effective Java for Kotlin

2min

Kotlin in Instagram for Android - What's Next?

3min

Kotlin at Instagram - A DevEx Play?

2min

10.

Is There a Future for UI Development at Instagram?

2min

11.

Kotlin Build Speed Challenges - How Do You Fix Them?

3min

12.

The Instagram Devcraft Team Partners With Android Devx Teams for Increasive Build Speed

2min

13.

Kotlin Compiler

2min

14.

What's Next for Kotlin at Instagram?

2min

15.

The Challenges With Kotlin Integration

2min

16.

The Metatec Podcast - Episode 49

2min

Lisa works on the Dev Craft team at Instagram that embarked on a journey to bring Kotlin to the Instagram for Android code base a little over three years ago. Now, nearly half of the large codebase is migrated and over 80% of newly committed code is in Kotlin. Tune in to hear what the unique challenges of bringing a new language to an existing app are and what it means for build speed, IDE experiences and developer happiness.

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