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172 iPS Kotlin vs Swift with Andrew Rahn

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1:10: Introduction: Andy Rahn

  • Works for Iconfactory
  • Swift
  • Lua
  • Kotlin

    • 6:20: Kotlin: What it is, who is responsible

    • New language by JetBrains
    • Similar to Swift but for Android

      • 10:50: Future of Kotlin

      • Google looking at Kotlin?
      • Running on the JVM

        • 15:45: Benefits of Kotlin: Familiarity

        • Feels familiar; same syntax as Swift
        • Shares similar disadvantages

          • 19:20: Interacting with Java API

          • Nullability
          • Bridging

            • 23:20: Kotlin vs. Xcode

            • Kotlin has many more features
              • Debugger in Android Studio difficult to use

                • 25:20: Unit testing in Kotlin

                26:10: Kotlin is stable

                • Swift is moving more quickly

                  • 29:40: Swift vs Kotlin: Advanced features

                  • Generics
                  • Compile time analysis
                  • Reactive extensions

                    • 37:25: How many are using Kotlin?

                    Picks:

                    Skillshop.me (Andrew)

                    Dylan and Dustin Bruzenak episode (Andrew)

                    Freelance Remote Conference (Charles)

                    Webinars (Charles)

                    The Sword of Shannara (Charles)

                    Reactive extensions (Andy)

                    Smile Train Charity (Daniel)

                    Cocoaheads (Andy)

                    iOS 10 Messages apps and stickers (Andy)

                    Links:

                    Hire.com

                    Andy on Twitter

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