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[Livestream] ICPC World Finals: Kotlin Heroes Blind Coding Challenge

April 12, 2024

[Livestream] ICPC World Finals: Kotlin Heroes Blind Coding Challenge

Join us for an exciting livestream event broadcast directly from the ICPC World Finals: Kotlin Heroes Blind Coding Challenge. This is going to be a very special event featuring world-level competitive programmers: Gennady “tourist” Korotkevich, Andrew “ecnerwala” He, Pavel “pashka” Mavrin, and Egor “Egor” Kulikov. Save the date: April 16, 2024, at 10:00 am CET. […]

The Ktor Plugin Registry Has Launched!

April 5, 2024

The Ktor Plugin Registry Has Launched!

Ktor uses plugins to give you fine-grained control over the functionality included in your application. Until now, third-party plugins were managed differently from those provided by the Ktor team. This was a barrier to growth for the Ktor ecosystem. Earlier this month, in the Ktor 2024 product roadmap, we announced our Ktor Plugin Registry. This […]

A Comprehensive Kotlin Learning Guide for All Levels

April 4, 2024

A Comprehensive Kotlin Learning Guide for All Levels

So you want to learn Kotlin – now what? Beginners in any field often encounter a fundamental problem: They don’t know what they don’t know. This resource aims to help self-taught Kotlin learners get a better sense of the learning landscape, from their first fun() main to juggling coroutines with ease. This guide is for […]

Mastering Algorithmic Problem Solving: Insights From Kotlin Heroes

April 3, 2024

Mastering Algorithmic Problem Solving: Insights From Kotlin Heroes

Prepare for technical interviews and hone your algorithm skills during our special event ‘Mastering Algorithmic Problem Solving: Insights From Kotlin Heroes‘ featuring two ICPC World Champions, the most significant award in algorithmic problem-solving. Meet our expert presenters: During the ‘Mastering Algorithmic Problem Solving: Insights From Kotlin Heroes’ livestream, they’ll tackle problems from our last competition, […]

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fun main() {
    val name = "stranger"        // Declare your first variable
    println("Hi, $name!")        // ...and use it!
    print("Current count:")
    for (i in 0..10) {           // Loop over a range from 0 to 10
        print(" $i")
    }
}
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Simplify the development of cross-platform projects with Kotlin Multiplatform. It reduces time spent writing and maintaining the same code for different platforms while retaining the flexibility and benefits of native programming. Kotlin applications will work on different operating systems, such as iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, watchOS, and others.
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