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# kotlingforbeginners
  • a
    set the channel description: kotling for beginners
  • s
    how can i optimize this https://bpaste.net/show/a82700459fc2
  • s
    Anyone make macro preprocessors?
  • s
  • s
    does anyone work on macro preprocessors, as in actually design and code them
  • l
    Hello! how do I make this pretty?
  • l
  • l
    is there a way to group 
    then
    or 
    catch
    so I don't have so much nested code
  • l
    I was thinking of refactoring the setState into a function, but I was looking to use new language features correctly
  • l
    for example, I saw some 
    !!
    but I think that throws out the case where the server is down
  • f
    Hey everybody, when you are new to Kotlin and need help, please join #getting-started . It has 24000 members, this channel has 50.
  • c
    why lateinit with custom setter not allowed?
  • m
    See post above about posting in #getting-started. Way more eyeballs there...
  • v
    when you create a const above the class declaration in Kotlin class file. It’s not an instance variable right? What does private const val myValue belong to?
  • h
    🤔
  • v
    Is there a way to read a file from a resource instead of using File(absolutePath) in a simple script ?
  • v
    simple as in the consoleApp template creates
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    fun main(args: Array<String>) { }
  • v
    I saw SP answers about using
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    this::class.java.getResource()
  • v
    but that is for classes
  • v
    which begs the question, what are kotlin scripts if they are not classes ?
  • b
    I see android uses Jetpack navigation now but what was the major benefits of using FragmentManager? TIA