

Talking Kotlin
Talking Kotlin
A bimonthly podcast that covers the Kotlin programming language by JetBrains, as well as related technologies.
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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 28, 2017 • 31min
libGDX with Mario Zechner
Speaking with Mario Zechner about libGDX, Game Development and benefits of using Kotlin with gaming.
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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

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

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