What are some good resources on writing idiomatic ...
# getting-startedk
Krystian
09/27/2023, 9:22 AMWhat are some good resources on writing idiomatic Kotlin? I always feel like my code, the bigger it gets starts to look more like Java/C.
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Johann Pardanaud
09/27/2023, 9:36 AMDid you read the official Idioms page? It's a good start 🙂
Johann Pardanaud
09/27/2023, 9:37 AMAlso, the documentation about collections is great, it provides useful examples with proper idioms
Johann Pardanaud
09/27/2023, 9:37 AMI do not know any other idiom resources than the official ones 😅
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Ronny Bräunlich
09/27/2023, 10:00 AMEffective Kotlin maybe?
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bram
09/27/2023, 10:16 AMAlso to some extent just using IntelliJ, the static code analysis is quite good in highlighting some idiomatic Kotlin functions you can replace existing code with.
Especially valuable every new Kotlin version when new APIs are released.
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Stephan Schröder
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Alejandro Serrano.Mena
09/27/2023, 11:50 AMif you don't mind diving a bit into functional-style idioms, https://arrow-kt.io/learn/design/ has several tutorials and guides
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Krystian
09/27/2023, 2:55 PMThanks everyone! Very helpful
Krystian
09/27/2023, 2:55 PMWill check them all out soon
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Arjan van Wieringen
09/27/2023, 5:52 PMWhat do you mean that it starts looking like Java/C? They are wildly different