149: Learning Kotlin: inline classes and Type driven design

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In this quick fragment, Kaushik talks about the new Kotlin 1.3 experimental feature “inline classes” and how it helps with Type driven design.

Shownotes #

• Kotlin releases 1.3
• Fragmented episode #116 – inline, noinline & crossinline
• Think strong types and simple values
  • typealias.com blog

Type driven design resources #

• Type drive approach to Functional design – Michael Feathers
• Type driven design in Elm
• blog.ploeh – Type driven design

Kotlin KEEP #

• KEEP proposal – inline classes
• KEEP discussion

vs typealias #

• Fragmented Ep #122 – typealiases
• inline classes vs typealiases
• How to represent money in programming
• Kotlin experimental
• Jake Wharton – inline classes make great database ids

Sponsors 🙏 #

• NeverCode
  • Blog post on developing apps 20% faster
• sentry.io

Contact #

• Discord chat or @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel
• @donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)
• @kaushikgopal and kaushikgopal (on Instagram)