Kotlin Weekly #-433!

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Modern Android Maps Feedback 2024 (docs.google.com) The teams at Google Maps is collecting some feedback from their Open Source library Maps Compose. If you have used it and you would like to help them, consider filling the following doc.

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A Micro-optimization You Will Never Need (www.romainguy.dev) Romain Guy explains a mostly unnecessary Kotlin micro-optimization that reduces instructions by replacing large constants with bitwise operations, yielding marginal performance gains.

Kotest + Spring + Testcontainers (blog.code-n-roll.dev) Ronny Bräunlich demonstrates a simplified approach to integrate Kotest, Spring, and Testcontainers by leveraging the @ServiceConnection annotation and perSpec() listener for clean lifecycle management.

Programmatic versioning in a KMP mobile app (akobor.me) This article showcases automating version management in Kotlin Multiplatform apps by using Git tags, Gradle, and .xcconfig files to synchronize Android and iOS versioning seamlessly.

Kotlin Tips and Tricks You May Not Know: #3 — Built-in Assertions (medium.com) Next article in the series of Kotlin Tips and Tricks by Elena van Engelen - Maslova

The best dispatcher for a backend framework (kt.academy) This article by Kt.Academy explores various dispatcher choices for backend applications, analyzing their pros and cons to identify the most efficient option.

Extension Shadowing for Actual Declarations in KMP (marcellogalhardo.dev) Marcello Galhardo discusses using extension shadowing in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) to achieve API commonization while maintaining backward compatibility across platforms.

Top 10 Coroutine Mistakes We All Have Made as Android Developers (proandroiddev.com) The article highlights ten common mistakes in Kotlin coroutine usage by Android developers, offering practical tips to avoid pitfalls like blocking the main thread, ignoring scope hierarchy, and mishandling exceptions.

Understanding Gradle (www.youtube.com) Six months after a Gradle frustration, Duncan McGregor reflects on its relative ease, exploring task dependencies, updates, and optimizations in the Gilded Rose codebase.

Fun with Function Types in Kotlin (www.youtube.com) In this video, Dave Leeds examines standard function types, extension function types, bound references, and property references.

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