/ Recent content on Brighton Kotlin Hugo en-us 2021 Brighton Kotlin | <a href="/code-of-conduct/">Code of Conduct</a> Tue, 28 May 2024 18:07:58 +0000 /blog/kotlin-global-2024/ Tue, 28 May 2024 18:07:58 +0000 /blog/kotlin-global-2024/ Details This year Brighton Kotlin is taking part in KotlinConf Global 2024, where communities around the world are encouraged to become part of KotlinConf 2024 by hosting their own events. Join us on the 28th May for an engaging and informative KotlinConf Global at Runway East, Brighton. This is a unique opportunity for Kotlin enthusiasts and professionals to come together, watch keynote talks from KotlinConf &lsquo;24 in Copenhagen, and chat about the latest news from the Kotlin ecosystem, all over a few drinks and some pizza /blog/dsls-as-a-single-source-truth-ivan-ponomarev/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:55:16 +0000 /blog/dsls-as-a-single-source-truth-ivan-ponomarev/ We are very excited to welcome Ivan Ponomarev as the first Brighton Kotlin speaker of 2024. Ivan is a Staff Software Engineer at Synthesized and will be giving a talk on - One Source to Rule Them All: Kotlin DSLs as a Single Source of Truth for Multiple Tasks In this talk, I will discuss how the DSL feature in the Kotlin language aids in building better products. We&rsquo;ll explore the motivation for using DSLs, differentiating between external and internal DSLs, and delve into the advantages and limitations of internal Kotlin DSLs. /blog/kotlin-a-bit-of-history/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:40:10 +0000 /blog/kotlin-a-bit-of-history/ Come and join us by signing up on our meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/brighton-kotlin/events/296107142/ We are very excited to welcome Andrey Breslav to our November meetup. Andrey is the Co-founder of Alter and was the Lead Language Designer for Kotlin at JetBrains. He will be giving a talk on Kotlin: a bit of history This talk will give an overview of how Kotlin was developed and how it progressed looking from the inside. /blog/transparent-http-client-testing-with-http4k-and-wiremock/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:01:40 +0000 /blog/transparent-http-client-testing-with-http4k-and-wiremock/ Come and join us by signing up on our meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/brighton-kotlin/events/294858828/ We are very excited to welcome Robert Elliot to our September meetup. He will be giving a talk on Transparent http client testing with http4K and WireMock Event Format: Hybrid Join us in-person: 6:00pm @ Pizza Pilgrims, Brighton Join us online: 6:30pm on YouTube - TBD One of http4k&rsquo;s great selling points is that it has a uniform client and server interface. /blog/apache-pulsar-with-kotlin-couroutines-and-flows/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:23:23 +0000 /blog/apache-pulsar-with-kotlin-couroutines-and-flows/ Come and join us by signing up on our meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/brighton-kotlin/events/294227622/ We are very excited to welcome Michele Sollecito to our July meetup. He will be giving a talk on Apache Pulsar with Kotlin coroutines and flows Event Format: Hybrid Join us in-person: 6:00pm @ Pizza Pilgrims, Brighton Join us online: 6:30pm on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbeK486FTyU We&rsquo;ll explore how Kotlin makes consuming and producing messages from/to Apache Pulsar easy. We&rsquo;ll look at some tests, and discuss how coroutines and flows work great with this kind of reactive and event-driven use cases. /blog/june-2023-brighton-kotlin-meetup---summer-social/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:15:02 +0000 /blog/june-2023-brighton-kotlin-meetup---summer-social/ We will be taking a break from our usual schedule of talks to get together with our sister group, Brighton JUG, with an IRL social and kick off the summer with a few drinks at the Foundary pub in Brighton We hope to see as many of you as can make it: 29th June, 2023 13-14 Foundry St, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4AT 6pm to 8pm /blog/type-aliases-automate-microservice-integration/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:09:08 +0000 /blog/type-aliases-automate-microservice-integration/ We are very excited to welcome Marty Pitt from Orbital. He will be giving a talk on Using Kotlin Type Aliases To Automate Microservice Integration As teams embrace microservices, and the number of APIs, Topics and DBs explode, integration can become time-consuming to build, and a maintenance nightmare. This talk explores using semantic metadata (powered by Kotlin type aliases) to automate integration between all your APIs, Message queues, serverless functions and more. /blog/getting-started-with-micronaut/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 10:09:08 +0000 /blog/getting-started-with-micronaut/ We are very excited to welcome Sergio del Amo Caballero. He will be giving a talk on Getting Started with the Micronaut Framework In this session, Sergio del Amo introduces the Micronaut® framework and demonstrates how the Framework&rsquo;s unique compile-time approach enables the development of ultra-lightweight Java applications. Compelling aspects of the Micronaut framework include: Develop applications with Java, Kotlin, or Apache Groovy Sub-second startup time Small processes that can run in as little as 10 MB of JVM heap No runtime reflection Dependency injection and AOP Reflection-free serialization A database access toolkit that uses ahead-of-time (AoT) compilation to pre-compute queries for repository interfaces. /blog/android-architecture-design-with-koin/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:09:08 +0000 /blog/android-architecture-design-with-koin/ We&rsquo;ll be welcoming Arnaud Giuliani so sign up, spread the word, BYOB and pizza, and join the conversation! &mdash;&mdash;&ndash; Arnaud Giuliani &mdash;&mdash; Android Architecture Design with Koin Koin (https://insert-koin.io) is a pragmatic dependency injection framework for Kotlin/Android developers, well known for its ease of use. In this session, I propose to see together how we can structure our components, for the following topics: Classical Components in MVP, MVVM Dealing with Scopes Jetpack Navigation Jetpack Compose Integrating with Multi-Platform And an overview of incoming new features. /blog/validation-in-kotlin-using-konform/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:09:08 +0000 /blog/validation-in-kotlin-using-konform/ In the first of our February 2022 talks will be welcoming Andrew Liles &amp; Szaby Gyurko, the CTO and Head of Engineering at Reset Health. They will be talking about their experience of Validation in Kotlin using Konform. Want a means to validate input in Kotlin using a Kotlin idiomatic syntax? Andrew &amp; Szaby&rsquo;s team is building server-side Kotlin REST applications and chose Spring as the framework but decided to look beyond the traditional simple Spring annotation-driven approach. /blog/jan-cancelled/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:09:08 +0000 /blog/jan-cancelled/ Unfortunately the first meetup of 2022 had to be cancelled due to some problematic people on the call and not having the best Zoom setup in place. You can find all the details on the Jan meetup page in the comments - https://www.meetup.com/Brighton-Kotlin/events/282800639/ This has now been addressed, and we are looking forward to our Feb meetup. Come and join us - https://www.meetup.com/Brighton-Kotlin/events/283500154/ /blog/bootiful-kotlin-josh-long/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:09:08 +0000 /blog/bootiful-kotlin-josh-long/ Spring Boot, the convention-over-configuration centric framework from the Spring team at Pivotal, marries Spring&rsquo;s flexibility with conventional, common sense defaults to make application development on the JVM not just fly, but pleasant! Spring Boot aims to make address the common functional and non-functional requirements that gate quickly moving to production. The framework is as clean as it gets, wouldn&rsquo;t it be nice if the language matched its elegance? Kotlin, the productivity-focused language from our friends at JetBrains, takes up the slack to make the experience leaner, cleaner and even more pleasant! /blog/ktor-from-the-ground-up-anton-arhipov/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:09:08 +0000 /blog/ktor-from-the-ground-up-anton-arhipov/ In this talk, I&rsquo;m going to focus primarily on Ktor for backend development. Let&rsquo;s see how simple it is to create robust asynchronous server-side applications with Ktor. We&rsquo;ll look into Ktor&rsquo;s features, deployment, extensibility model. Bio Anton is a Developer Advocate at JetBrains Connect with Anton: Twitter: https://twitter.com/antonarhipov LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonarhipov/ Recording /blog/the-best-of-both-worlds-kotlin-fp-shelby-cohen-katie-levy/ Fri, 10 Sep 2021 17:09:08 +0000 /blog/the-best-of-both-worlds-kotlin-fp-shelby-cohen-katie-levy/ Functional Programming is an excellent way to simplify your code and reduce bugs, and to make things even better, Kotlin provides a natural transition to using Functional Programming paradigms. But before that, let&rsquo;s talk about what Functional Programming even is. In this talk, we&rsquo;ll break down the key aspects of what defines Functional Programming and the key benefits of using Functional Programming paradigms. Then we&rsquo;ll walk you through how to use Functional Programming more in your Kotlin code to really have the best of both worlds. /blog/using-graphqpl-kmm-project-with-jetpack-compose-and-swiftui-john-oreilly/ Sun, 05 Sep 2021 17:09:08 +0000 /blog/using-graphqpl-kmm-project-with-jetpack-compose-and-swiftui-john-oreilly/ In this talk John will show how GraphQL, using Apollo library, can be used in shared code a Kotlin Multiplatform project that uses Jetpack Compose Android and SwiftUI iOS clients. The talk will cover: use of Apollo GraphQL library, and it&rsquo;s Kotlin Multiplatform support allowing addition of GraphQL queries and related logic in code shared between iOS and Android clients. development of clients using Declarative UI frameworks (using Jetpack Compose on Android and SwiftUI on iOS) Bio John O&rsquo;Reilly is a Software Engineer at Neat /blog/taking-a-break-through-august-2021/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:09:08 +0000 /blog/taking-a-break-through-august-2021/ Brighton Kotlin will be taking a break through August and will be back in September with another great line up of speakers. We are already lining up two great speakers for September and will be announcing them soon. You can sign up to the September meetup on our meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Brighton-Kotlin/events/279631984/ Looking forward to seeing you all in September /blog/server-as-a-function-with-http4k-with-dmitry-kandalov/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 18:09:08 +0000 /blog/server-as-a-function-with-http4k-with-dmitry-kandalov/ Http4k is a lightweight HTTP library written in Kotlin that enables serving and consuming of HTTP services in a functional and testable way. Unlike many other libraries and frameworks which have complicated abstractions and workflows, http4k captures the essence of communication over HTTP with a few simple concepts. In this session I will explain and demo the core concepts in http4k by live coding from scratch an HTTP server which will simulate the board from the noughts and crosses game. /blog/functional-kotlin-with-arrow-karin-aleksandra-monoid/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:09:08 +0000 /blog/functional-kotlin-with-arrow-karin-aleksandra-monoid/ The July Brighton Kotlin meetup takes place on Thursday 22nd July at 6 pm GMT. We will be opening the zoom just before 6pm for people to gather and chat. We&rsquo;ll be welcoming Karin-Aleksandra Monoid who will be talking about Functional Kotlin with Arrow: What is a monad? Do I need a PhD to write in functional style? How do I do that in Kotlin? And other questions that you were afraid to ask. /blog/getting-ready-for-declarative-uis-with-unidirectional-data-flow-using-kotlin-coroutines-raul-hernandez-lopez/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:09:08 +0000 /blog/getting-ready-for-declarative-uis-with-unidirectional-data-flow-using-kotlin-coroutines-raul-hernandez-lopez/ The June Brighton Kotlin meetup takes place on Thursday 27th June at 6 pm GMT. We will be opening zoom just before 6pm for people to gather and chat. The link will be sent out on the day of the talk. The event will begin around 6pm. We&rsquo;ll be welcoming our third speaker - Raul Hernandez Lopez who will give a talk called Getting ready for Declarative UIs with Unidirectional Data Flow using Kotlin Coroutines /blog/compose-your-trill-luca-nicoletti/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:09:08 +0000 /blog/compose-your-trill-luca-nicoletti/ The June Brighton Kotlin meetup takes place on Thursday 27th June at 6 pm GMT. We will be opening zoom just before 6pm for people to gather and chat. The link will be sent out on the day of the talk. The event will begin around 6pm. We&rsquo;ll be welcoming our second speaker - Luca Nicoletti who will give a talk called Compose your Trill This talk will cover the following topic: /blog/a-fresh-look-at-coroutines-laksitha-ranasingha/ Sun, 30 May 2021 18:09:08 +0000 /blog/a-fresh-look-at-coroutines-laksitha-ranasingha/ The June Brighton Kotlin meetup takes place on Thursday 27th June at 6 pm GMT. We will be opening zoom just before 6pm for people to gather and chat. The link will be sent out on the day of the talk. The event will begin around 6pm. We&rsquo;ll be welcoming Laksitha Ranasingha who will take a fresh look at Coroutines: Ok, Kotlin is cool and fun. It&rsquo;s even better with built in coroutine support. /blog/introducing-compose-for-desktop-sebastian-aigner/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:09:08 +0000 /blog/introducing-compose-for-desktop-sebastian-aigner/ Some time ago, JetBrains published versions of Compose for Desktop – a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces for Desktop applications easy and enjoyable. In this talk, We will learn a bit about the principles and technology behind Compose for Desktop, and see what it takes to get started with building UIs in pure Kotlin! Bio Seb is a Kotlin Developer Advocate at JetBrains /blog/scaling-ui-across-platforms-server-driven-ui-joe-birch/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:09:08 +0000 /blog/scaling-ui-across-platforms-server-driven-ui-joe-birch/ Mobile, Web, Desktop&hellip; when working with multiple platforms for your product, you might start to feel like there is a lot for your team to maintain. If we update the design for a feature or want to test a new layout, we often need to make that change in multiple clients. This results in more time spent on the same task in multiple places, with less time being able to focus on delivering even more value to your users. /blog/getting-into-the-flow-with-coroutines-joseph-van-de-wee/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:09:08 +0000 /blog/getting-into-the-flow-with-coroutines-joseph-van-de-wee/ Hot topics at KotlinConf, Coroutines and Flow provide an efficient way to handle asynchronous data streams. In this talk Joe will explore how we can use some of the basics from these APIs to provide fluid experiences for our users and avoid callback hell in our code. He’ll point out some of the common pitfalls along and way and look at how we can migrate from RxJava to Flow for reactive programming in Kotlin. /blog/2019-xmas-drinks/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:09:08 +0000 /blog/2019-xmas-drinks/ Even though it is short notice, we thought what better way to finish the year than gathering in a pub and having a few drinks to celebrate a great end to the year. It would be great to see at the Hope and Ruin on the 16th December from 6:30pm on-wards We already have some great speakers lined up for the beginning of 2020 and we will be publishing those events very soon but for now, join us to toast the end of the year in Brighton Kotlin style. /blog/what-i-learnt-from-a-major-sports-brand-app-by-kubra-harmankaya/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:09:08 +0000 /blog/what-i-learnt-from-a-major-sports-brand-app-by-kubra-harmankaya/ Welcome to our November Brighton Kotlin featuring Kübra Harmankaya as our guest speaker! If you are new to Kotlin or interested in Kotlin on mobile, this is a great meetup for you. Kubra will share her experiences why we should convert Android applications into modern Kotlin, how to start converting a Java project and best Kotlin practices. Kübra has contributed to Android apps for FC Barcelona, Premier League, British Council and for many other companies. /blog/kolin-multiplatform-hmrc-george-herbert/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:09:08 +0000 /blog/kolin-multiplatform-hmrc-george-herbert/ We are extremely lucky to have a talk this month by George Herbert from Capgemini where he will discuss how Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) was implemented at HMRC. During this talk, he will talk about the reasons behind the use of KMP and how he made it work with iOS, Android and Web. Come along to find out whether KMP could be used in your projects or maybe just to pique your interest into the world of KMP! /blog/successful-inaugural-brighton-kotlin-meetup/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 22:09:08 +0000 /blog/successful-inaugural-brighton-kotlin-meetup/ It was great to see so many people come along to the first ever Brighton Kotlin meetup. It really showed that there is an active Kotlin community in Brighton with people working on projects using a range of technologies from the Kotlin ecosystem. You can see the photos of the event at our meetup page - https://www.meetup.com/Brighton-Kotlin/photos/30344969/ At this meetup Lee Turner talked about how Crunch have been introducing Kotlin into their backend microservice architecture over the past year, the results and challenges they have seen during that time and where they plan to take it next. /blog/kotlin-everywhere-inaugural-brighton-kotlin-meetup/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:09:08 +0000 /blog/kotlin-everywhere-inaugural-brighton-kotlin-meetup/ This will be the inaugural Brighton Kotlin meetup. The talks on the night are yet to be announced. The meetup is hosted and sponsored by Crunch who are providing pizza and a choice of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. RSVPs close at 5pm on the day, with Doors at 6:30pm. Talks will begin at 7:15pm. Sign up on our meetup page - https://www.meetup.com/Brighton-Kotlin/events/264170536/ This meetup is also supported by JetBrains who have provided us with a 1-year subscription to any of their IDEs. /about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /about/ Welcome to the Brighton Kotlin meetup group. This group is for Kotlin users, enthusiasts and learners from beginners to experts, and anyone wanting to get involved with the Kotlin/JVM ecosystem. We plan to have regular meetups, presentations and talks, and are always interested in hearing what people want to know about, so please let us know. Visit our Meetup Page and sign up to come along to our next event or follow us on Twitter for all the latest news. /code-of-conduct/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /code-of-conduct/ Event Code of Conduct &amp; Anti-Harrassment Policy The Google Developer Groups, Kotlin User Groups and other Community Groups organizing these events [&ldquo;Organizers&rdquo;] are dedicated to providing a harassment-free and inclusive event experience for everyone regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, neurodiversity, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion, or other protected category. They do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form. The Organizers take violations of this policy seriously and will respond appropriately. /silicon-brighton/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /silicon-brighton/ Brighton Kotlin is Supported By Silicon Brighton Silicon Brighton is a community-led initiative to support digital growth in the region. We work hand-in-hand with the local tech community to provide individuals with free opportunities for networking, training, up-skilling and development; helping people to take their careers and businesses forward. We offer free events for networking, training, upskilling and development as well as a being an accessible platform for local people and businesses.