

Talking Kotlin
Talking Kotlin
A bimonthly podcast that covers the Kotlin programming language by JetBrains, as well as related technologies.
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Jan 26, 2021 • 34min
JAI Conversational Framework
We chat with Vitaly about JAI Conversational Framework - a tool that allows you to build a conversational interface to your application without the need to use any of the big players on the market. We dicuss the benefits to the approach and why they chose Kotlin.

Dec 24, 2020 • 45min
Compose for Desktop
We sit down to talk to Nikolay Igotti, who's now leading the efforts of Compose for Desktop at JetBrains. We talk about why the need for a new UI framework for Desktop, how Compose for Desktop works, and what's planned for the future.

Dec 14, 2020 • 47min
Kotlin in Space
We chat with Sergey and Max about their use of Kotlin in Space. We cover the frameworks that they use, some of which were born out of Space. We discuss their adoption of Multiplatform before Kotlin Multiplatform even existed, as well as why they chose Kotlin and the benefits it provides them, along with the main issues they encounter.

Nov 26, 2020 • 36min
apollo graphql
We chat with the folks working on the Apollo library for GraphQL. We discuss what GraphQL is, where Apollo fits in to the equation, and why they decided to provide multiplatform support using Kotlin.

Nov 12, 2020 • 33min
Teaching Kids Kotlin
We chat with Nicolai about teaching kids programming with Kotlin, as well as his project, EngineEmi written in Kotlin, which tries to aid in this task

Oct 14, 2020 • 47min
Kotlin and Google Cloud Platform
We sit down with James Ward from Google to discuss everything Google Cloud Platform and Kotlin. And as a bonus we dive into the past, and Kubernetes

Sep 30, 2020 • 35min
Maths and Kotlin
We chat with Breandan about Differentials and Derivatives, and Maths in general. We look at where and how they can be applied to programming, as well as the Kotlingrad

Sep 14, 2020 • 32min
Fritz2
Fritz2 is a Kotlin framework for developing front-end web applications. Written entirely in Kotlin and targeting JavaScript, Fritz2 takes a reactive approach to development. In this episode we sit down with the authors to learn more about the framework.

Aug 28, 2020 • 42min
Sitting down with the Kotlin Advocates
We sit down with the Kotlin Advocates at JetBrains to discuss life of a Kotlin advocate, the Kotlin 1.4 release, as well as the online Kotlin 1.4 event happening in October.

Aug 14, 2020 • 35min
Adopting Compose
We chat with Vladimir about Compose from a user perspective. We go through the history of UI solutions that have been available for Android, and see how and where Compose fits in. We also briefly talk about Flow and how it can make a great companion to Compose.


