Becoming an “iOS-lite” developer with Allie Ogden
Welcome to episode 9 of A Touch of Multiplatform (ATOM)! This is our podcast dedicated to Kotlin Multiplatform technology in production and produced for you by JetBrains and Touchlab.
In this episode of A Touch of Multiplatform, we’re talking with Allie Ogden of Swappa. Learn more about what it takes to grow skills as a solo mobile developer, get some advice for Android developers working with their iOS dev peers, and what Allie means when she says she’s an “iOS-lite” developer.
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Meet our amazing hosts:
Pamela Hill - / pamelaahill
Justin Mancinelli - / piannaf
And our fantastic guest:
Allie Ogden - / allie-ogden-5565585a
Swappa - https://swappa.com/
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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:40 Meet Allie
00:05:40 What is Swappa working on?
00:07:30 Growing your skills as a solo mobile developer
00:09:45 JetBrains Slack shoutout
00:10:23 Being a solo Kotlin Multiplatform developer
00:13:20 Allie’s multiplatform processes
00:15:25 IDE Templates
00:17:20 Essential Features from Appcode
00:18:37 Advice to Android/Kotlin developers working with iOS developers
00:20:23 How to be an “iOS-lite” developer
00:23:25 What’s the most challenging thing about putting KMP into production?
00:26:10 Migrating networking stack
00:27:57 Debugging crashes in iOS
00:30:17 “People don’t notice that you’re using Kotlin Multiplatform”
00:32:00 Languages and coding aptitude
00:35:50 Connecting with remote colleagues
00:39:29 Kotlin Multiplatform resources
00:41:13 Kotlin Open Source Library Shoutouts
00:43:18 Closing
Resources:
Ktor - https://ktor.io/
Kotlinx serialization library - https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.ser...
BuildKonfig - https://github.com/yshrsmz/BuildKonfig
