Confessions of a Serial K⁠–⁠otlin Multiplatform⁠–⁠er

What is Multiplatform?

HELL
- harder to develop, no documentation
- just a trend, failed in the past
- not suitable for performant apps that feel “native”

HEAVEN
- simpler to develop, removes platform barriers
- write half the code, ship in half the time
- only need to hire “generalists” instead of “specialists”

OTHER ✔︎
- elaborate in 25 minutes or less:
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[presented at FOSDEM 2020, Kotlin track]

Transcript

1. MULTIPLATFORM–er KOTLIN SERIAL a of confessions Eugenio Marletti JetBrains, Developer Advocate @workingkills (Kotlin Multiplatform/Mobile)
2. all software runs on a platform
3. platform language API/framework [conventions]
4. “native”""...?
5. why multiplatform?
6. why aren’t we doing multiplatform then?
7. „ run everywhere ‟ write once,
8. ‟ „ specialize everywhere engineer once,
9. Eugenio Marletti JetBrains, Developer Advocate @workingkills (Kotlin Multiplatform/Mobile) bit.ly/confessions-kotlin-multiplatform