Dependency Injection: the pattern without the framework by @jmfayard https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/dependency-injection-the-pattern-without-the-framework-33cfa9d5f312

The character of Kotlin: Conciseness https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/the-character-of-kotlin-conciseness-2c70bc141985

Now that Spring Boot 2.0 is out, I've updated my Reactive Spring Boot with Kotlin and Redis blog post: https://todd.ginsberg.com/post/springboot2-reactive-kotlin/

Great article by @alexfacciorusso, A Kotlin Schrödinger Cat, it now on Kotlin Academy 😄 https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/a-kotlin-schr%C3%B6dinger-cat-c0aeee5e7443

Hi, I just released the Kotlin Quiz - https://KotlinQuiz.com - and would be very happy if you could give it a try and tell me how you like it - and even more so, contact me if you find any errors or would like to suggest new questions. Thank you!

@cedric you added the kobalt wrapper and stuff but no Build.kt?

My article about why Spring Webflux is so amazing. If you have some time check it out: https://www.kotlindevelopment.com/kotlin-webflux/

Stack Overflow 2018 Survey is out. Kotlin seems to have made some good progress in a short time, passing Scala and Groovy in popularity. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/

@iamszabo Do I understand correctly that WebFlux doesn’t use Rx at all and instead, invents its own copy of it?

@iamszabo a nice article. I also like WebFlux, but I think there are a few blockers at the moment. One blocker is that apart from Mongo etc. what Spring Boot provided, most other DB access options are blocking. One could possibly wrap these blocking calls, but it's an extra work and not ideal in comparison with having async DB access from the driver up. The other blocker is that there isn't as much tooling support as for WebMVC -- e.g. https://github.com/springfox/springfox/issues/1773

Hi everyone, I posted a new article that you might enjoy: https://proandroiddev.com/kotlin-avoids-entire-categories-of-java-defects-89f160ba4671

"Three years with Kotlin: what they taught me." by @alexfacciorusso is now on Kotlin Academy! https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/three-years-with-kotlin-what-they-taught-me-573d29d1127e

My humble contribution to today’s Kotlin night in Frankfurt: Kotlin’s emerging data-science ecosystem https://holgerbrandl.github.io/kotlin4ds_kotlin_night_frankfurt/emerging_kotlin_ds_ecosystem.html

Seen this one? Don’t expect too much 😄 https://t.co/CvjXe2LoT3

I'm excited to share the third and final article in my series about generic variance in Kotlin. This one covers what star-projections are, and why they work like they do - from the inside out. I hope you enjoy it! https://typealias.com/guides/star-projections-and-how-they-work/

Guys and girls! I'm very proud to share with you my first video course about functional programming with kotlin. Thanks @simon.vergauwen for review and valuable feedback. Hope you guys will enjoy it. And pls feel free to share your feedback. https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/hands-functional-kotlin-video

Kotlin: should I define Function or Property? by @igor.wojda https://blog.kotlin-academy.com/kotlin-should-i-define-function-or-property-6786951da909

Why I avoid writing integration tests in Kotlin and Spring WebFlux? https://amarszalek.net/blog/2018/04/11/rant-integration-tests-spring-webflux-kotlin/

A quick word count on programming language mentioned in Google IO 2018 Schedule. Kotlin top the chart 🙂

Info from https://medium.com/@elye.project/google-io-2018-schedule-analysis-1085e9ae1d4f

https://kotlinexpertise.com/contribute-to-stackoverflow/ This one is not entirely related to Kotlin, still mentions it obviously 🙂 I know that many people don’t agree with my stated motivation, still like to share it here, feedback is very welcome K (note the new domain name 🎉)

Oracle JavaOne is now Oracle CodeOne https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/javaone-event-expands-with-more-tracks-languages-and-communities-and-new-name

I converted one of my articles to use the Runnable Kotlin Playgrounds (announced yesterday): https://kotlinexpertise.com/coping-with-kotlins-scope-functions/ Tell me what you think