Overview This is part 1 of a series of two articles: Part 1: a summary of common ui patterns and what we learn from them Part 2: creating a simple, adaptable, predictable and composable UI framework for Kotlin Multiplatform Problem Statement The promise of KMM (Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile) is literally: Write the business…

The Problem One of the challenges on Android is that UI state needs to be saved and restored when configuration changes like screen rotations happen. Android ViewModels were introduced to make this process as painless as possible. The ViewModel class is designed to store and manage UI-related data in a lifecycle conscious…

Last year I published an article about CI/CD using BitBucket Pipelines and Gradle Play Publisher. This article explains how to do the same using GitHub Actions with two main differences (apart from the fact it’s using GitHub instead of BitBucket): I’ll use gradle files written in Kotlin (not Groovy) I’ll…

Maven Central is the most used repository for Java artifacts. Almost every Gradle file starts with: buildscript { repositories { mavenCentral() // maybe other repos here Yet publishing with Sontatype, OSSHR and Nexus (this article explains the terms really well) is a very slow and painful process:

Yes this is another guide on how to publish Android artifacts to Maven Central. Unlike other guides, it does cover extra “things” though: Gradle build files using Kotlin DSL. Publish AAR file artifacts. The publication includes a Source Jar file (hello withSourcesJar). The publication includes a Javadoc Jar file (hello…

This is the fourth part of my series on Kotlin based backend services. If you missed the first three parts: An opinionated Kotlin backend service - Framework An opinionated Kotlin backend service - Build & Deployment An opinionated Kotlin backend service - API Routing and Documentation ORM

In every language a "dedicated" engineer can write code that is hard to read and harder to maintain, Kotlin is no exception. …

This is the third part of my series on Kotlin based backend services. If you missed the first two parts: An opinionated Kotlin backend service — Framework An opinionated Kotlin backend service — Build & Deployment API Routing and documentation Ktor Routing Defining routes in Ktor is simple and very concise due to the DSL. To…

This is the second part of my series on Kotlin based backend services. If you missed the first part: An opinionated Kotlin backend service — Framework. Gradle Build I had four main requirements for the build system: I wanted to use Gradle (not Maven) Use a single language for code, configuration, build…