you can also check out the Programming room in the GZD Matrix space, there may be someone who's used it there
I think I'm in there so I can ask around.
you are indeed, it's #programming:genzedong.xyz
I'm still learning how Matrix works. I was on the server but I guess I never joined that room? I'm in now!
yeah, you have to manually join rooms
I am brain dead lol that the main Matrix space I am in lol.
Kotlin doesn't have nearly as much of a community as Rust
Yeah, because it doesn't need it, it is easy to get started. And I guess kotlin devs are busy making money.
Joking a litle bit, but it is true. I expect there is much more work for kotlin than rust devs, especially with less experience.
Go for it, make some small projects, extend some of existing open source ones.
I was mostly working with php and python and taking ul kotlin was easy. I have few small apps I made for myself.
So my suggestion is just jump into it, learn as you go.
This is encouraging, thanks. I admit I first started looking into Kotlin because on the surface it "looked" a bit like Python, but after working a bit with it this morning I don't think that is the case. I have at least one app that I want to make for my dnd friends(the dice average/weight calculator) but nothing really lined up after that. I would like to make a chat/messenger app with encryption and rooms that automatically delete after a certain time. And playing with stuff like Briar's Bluetooth mesh capability would be interesting. So I guess that is 2 apps I could toss up on github. Another thing I want to focus on is dusting off my github so I have actual projects to show to potential employers.
Get a good idea for an app you'd like to make, then learn android jetpack compose. Then you'll learn kotlin, and have a cool app to show off to ppl.
I'm def gonna check out jetpack compose. ๐
I've been interested in learning Kotlin for Android dev too. I did start but didn't get very far. If you want to, I'd be up to try something, maybe it would also help me with my attention issues.
I am about halfway through the codelab stuff right now and hope to burn through the rest here in the next day. I'm planning on revisiting compact functions because I think they are interesting but a bit confusing and I want to demystify them before moving on.
After that I wanna go through the Udacity courses and hopefully solidify the fundamentals. The Android dev Udacity course is like 30-40 hours or something but it shouldn't be awful.
We could figure something out if that all works for you. Not sure how to go about it since this is new and I don't normally put myself out there like this.
Sounds about fine. I'm off on a trip in burgerland, so I'm not sure if I'll be doing anything. But I'll try and power through the codelab stuff once I get back home Tuesday.
I've been wanting to pick up kotlin recently... it seems like I may be able to start my new job soon though, so I'm going to have too much on my plate between that and working on Godot.
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