138: Decompress - kotlin scripting

In this mini fragment, Donn asks KG about a recent hackathon side project that he worked on with Kotlin scripting.

We go into kotlin scripting (using kscript), pros cons, setting it up and more. We've added links some interesting resources, so you want to make sure you check out the shownotes for this one, so you too can explore kotlin scripting and see if it's a fit for you.

Shownotes

Existing solutions for poll/vote tabulation

• polleverywhere.com
• surveymonkey.com
• polldaddy.com

Misc

• kscript by holgerbrandl
• blog post on the hackathon vote tabulation script
• what the csv output from google forms looks like
• github repo for script - with installation instructions
• Highly recommended - Talking kotlin episode on kscript

    // slick kotlin usage
    
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) = super.onCreate(savedInstanceState).also {
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_something)
        // ...
    }  

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