Kodee’s Kotlin Roundup: Golden Kodee Finalists, Kotlin 2.4.0-Beta2, and New Learning Resources | The Kotlin Blog
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April's Kotlin Roundup highlights significant updates and events in the Kotlin community, including the announcement of the Golden Kodee finalists who will be celebrated at KotlinConf 2026 in Munich. The conference will gather over 2,000 developers and will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. Recent Kotlin releases, such as 2.4.0-Beta2 and IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1, offer language and performance improvements. The post also explores Kotlin Multiplatform's business value and features new learning resources like the Kotlin Professional Certificate on LinkedIn Learning. Additional updates include Amper 0.10.0's enhancements, Koog's JVM ecosystem integration, and a practical post on using Spring Data JPA with Kotlin. Fun and educational tools like the Coroutines Races Guesser Game provide interactive ways to learn Kotlin.
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