Hi from Melbourne. Are there many here, from Australia, using Kotlin for backend work? I'm looking for a new contract, and 98% of the Kotlin roles are android. I'm not too keen about the thought of going back to Java exclusively.

Good afternoon from Greensborough @Tom Haywood! I work at Lexicon Digital in Melbourne and we count Kotlin highly among our list of recommended technologies to serve our clients.

This definitely means we are using it for back-end work as well as Android projects.

In fact, we've even deployed Kotlin Multiplatform in production! (Kotlin/Native on iOS)

We're also hiring... so if you're keen after having a look at Lexicon's webpage, and asking me any questions you might have, feel free to slide over a CV.

Hello all! Hobby programmer from Central NSW. Discovered Kotlin/TornadoFX recently, and I think it will futureproof and streamline development of software tools I'm dreaming up! Cheers. 🤠🖥️

Hey @Kebbin 👋 Melburnian Kotliner here. TornadoFX is nice - thought there's a new kid on the block in Compose for Desktop, you might want to give that a whirl too 👍. Let us know if you have any Q's!

G'day @darkmoon_uk! Thanks for the welcome, and the tip on Compose! I'll look it up. I have a lot of questions, but I want to try and be patient and polite about it! 😆 Cheers!

@darkmoon_uk Hello again! Do you use TornadoFX, or Compose now? I've put a question on the TFX thread about 3D stuff and serialisation.

I've switched my Desktop efforts to Compose.

Read your post on TFX channel. I don't have experience of 3D in TFX, nor Compose, but did use some 3D rendering recently in an Android App, using Google 's Filament engine.

That worked well; high quality engine. I think it can be integrated with either TFX or Compose.

As for serializing components; I'm not too sure what you mean? At face value that sounds something like Androids XML view format.

...or even HTML for that matter.

Ok! I'll have to have a closer look at it. Thanks for the tip in the Filament engine, I'll look it up. I'll need to serialise model railway layout components displayed in the plan diagram, to save the layout for future sessions in the program. I'm also looking to create automation script files from objects displayed on the layout screen as well.

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Shared this a little while ago in #hiring, reposting here for visibility

Itty Bitty Apps are hiring mid-level Android devs. Lots of opportunities for modern Kotlin & Compose dev. https://www.seek.com.au/job/56767566

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Those in Australia, you might know Realestate.com.au. Here's the opportunity to know how the architect their app for scalability. It's a Virtual Meetup, hence can attend from anywhere. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7036590899044253696/

Anyone from Australia joining KotlinConf this year?

I wish! 😕 Plane tickets too expensive for me this year.

Is a long way... Enjoy, if you're going 🙂

I bought plane tickets via Asia the week after I bought the conference tickets. I dread to check what they cost now

Ended up costing me just under 2.5k and I booked in January 🫠

Zeller Payments in Melbourne, Australia are looking for a Senior Mobile Developer (Android) We're a mid-stage startup and Australian Unicorn, rivalling Square and Stripe to be the best in the local payments space Our 15-strong Mobile team continue to build and maintain the Android Application that runs our terminal hardware, and are now using Kotlin Multiplatform to help us make key parts of the architecture more reusable and scalable across more platforms. While we currently use View XML, we're working hard to fully modernise the codebase and start migrating to Jetpack Compose. If you're keen to learn more please DM me, or come and meet us tonight at Melbourne's Kotlin Meetup! 👀 See our Career Posting Slack Conversation

FYI -- in Melbourne there will be a Kotlin meetup on 2nd July 2024: https://www.meetup.com/melbourne-kotlin-meetup/events/301027366/

Aussie friends; I'd be grateful to hear of any Kotlin Ecosystem/related opportunties you may have; thanks.