Becoming a KMP Expert | Talking Kotlin #136

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Less than two months until KotlinConf 2025! 💜 Get ready for insightful sessions and great networking opportunities. We still have a few tickets left — can’t wait to see you in Copenhagen! 🎟️ https://kotl.in/kcnf2025 Sebastian and Pamela discuss what it means to be an expert in Kotlin Multiplatform, with the help of a panel of experts! Learn about why it's interesting to dive deep into a certain technology, recommendations on how to learn advanced topics, and general advice on how to get the most out of using KMP. • SKIE https://skie.touchlab.co/ • KMP libraries: ○ terrakok/kmp-awesome https://github.com/terrakok/kmp-awesome ○ whyoleg/cryptography-kotlin https://github.com/whyoleg/cryptography-kotlin • Interesting code to explore ○ JetBrains/kotlin https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin ○ Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime ○ Kotlin/kotlinx-io https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-io/ ○ Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines ○ Cartesian product by Jake https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:collection/collection-benchmark/src/androidInstrumentedTest/kotlin/androidx/collection/junit.kt;drc=eeb276b1e6ff6521eb93da6e98ecda8bb5b3e701 • Kotlinlang Slack https://kotlinlang.slack.com/ ○ Get an invite! https://surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/kotlin-slack-sign-up • Touchlab blog https://touchlab.co/blog • Ecosystem wishlist ○ wasmJs support in SQLDelight https://github.com/sqldelight/sqldelight/pull/4965 ○ Compose Multiplatform support in MapLibre https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/issues/2638 • Learning resources ○ Kotlin Multiplatform build setup from scratch with Sebastian Sellmair https://youtu.be/fmFezt-2IBo ○ KEEP - Kotlin Evolution and Enhancement Process https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP ■ HexFormat proposal and discussion https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP/blob/hex-format/proposals/stdlib/hex-format.md ■ Uuid proposal and discussion https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP/blob/uuid/proposals/stdlib/uuid.md • More KMP experts ○ Kevin Galligan ■ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kpgalligan.bsky.social ■ Twitter https://x.com/kpgalligan ○ Russell Wolf ■ GitHub https://github.com/russhwolf ■ Twitter https://twitter.com/RussHWolf ■ multiplatform-settings https://github.com/russhwolf/multiplatform-settings ○ Jesse Wilson ■ GitHub https://github.com/swankjesse/ ○ Sebastian Sellmair ■ Twitter https://x.com/Sellmair ○ Salomon Brys ■ Twitter https://x.com/salomonbrys Hosts: • Sebastian Aigner ○ Website https://sebi.io/ • Pamela Hill ○ Blog http://pamelaahill.com/ ○ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/pamelaahill.bsky.social Guests: • Jake Wharton ○ Website https://jakewharton.com/ • John O'Reilly ○ Website https://johnoreilly.dev/ ○ KMP samples on GitHub https://github.com/joreilly • Konstantin Tskhovrebov ○ Mastodon https://androiddev.social/@terrakok • Tadeas Kriz ○ Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@TadeasKriz ○ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/tadeas.bsky.social 0:00 Introductions 1:40 Why be a KMP expert? 9:14 First steps to being an expert 16:38 Respecting each platform 24:04 Libraries for KMP 27:45 Advanced learning resources 38:18 Ecosystem wishlist 43:03 Exercising your KMP skills 48:15 Shoutouts to other experts 51:34 Wrap-up #KMP #Kotlin