Talking Kotlin

Talking Kotlin
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May 26, 2017 • 34min

Kobalt with Cédric Beust

We catch up with Cédric Beust and discuss many things, but above all we talk about Kobalt, the build system he's created from scratch in Kotlin, and actively maintains. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com.
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May 12, 2017 • 35min

Kotlin at Pinterest with Christina Lee

We speak with Christina Lee about her running across the country, the adoption of Kotlin at Pinterest, her perspectives on Kotlin and finally her love for peanut butter and jelly. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Apr 28, 2017 • 33min

Corda with Mike Hearn

Mike Hearn joins us to speak about why he chose Kotlin as his next programming language as well as his new venture which is Corda, a distribute ledger with a difference For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Apr 14, 2017 • 31min

Coroutines with Roman Elizarov

We speak with Roman about coroutines and what Kotlin brings to the table when it comes to asynchronous programming, how it's implemented in Kotlin, the differences between coroutines and RxJava, Callbacks and other asynchronous programming models, and were it all this fits in when it comes to concurrent programming. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Mar 28, 2017 • 30min

Gradle Script Kotlin with Rodrigo Oliveira

We speak to Rodrigo (and an uninvited rooster) about Gradle Script Kotlin, the reasons behind it, what benefits it provides us as build script engineers, the challenges in maintaining two scripting languages and where Kotlin fits in the future of Gradle. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Mar 14, 2017 • 29min

Using Kotlin for a cross-platform IDE with Kirill Skrygan

We speak with Kirill Skrygan about using Kotlin to develop a cross-platform .NET IDE which mixes the world of .NET with the JVM. Kirill talks about how they use Kotlin's DSL capabilities to create a custom protocol and testing scripts. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Feb 28, 2017 • 31min

libGDX with Mario Zechner

Speaking with Mario Zechner about libGDX, Game Development and benefits of using Kotlin with gaming. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Feb 14, 2017 • 34min

Spring Boot with Sébastien Deleuze

We chat to Sébastien about his work with Spring Boot, where Kotlin fits in, what features it brings for Spring Boot developers as well as other things he's working on. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Jan 26, 2017 • 34min

Catching up with Jake Wharton

We speak to Jake Wharton about his interest in Kotlin and the adoption process at Square. We cover one of Jake's favourite features which are extension functions and properties and how RxBinding creates these by parsing Java source code. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com
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Jan 12, 2017 • 33min

A Chat with Andrey Breslav

In this first episode of Talking Kotlin, we speak with Andrey Breslav, team lead and father of Kotlin. We discuss his background, why he decided to work on Kotlin, the challenges of designing a language, how things are done on the team, as well as a peek into what’s in store. For links to show notes, please visit talkingkotlin.com

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