Episode 9, Part 1: Kotlin Gradle plugin, compilers and build systems with Alexey Tsvetkov

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In this episode we have talked to Alexey Tsvetkov from Jetbrains about Kotlin Gradle plugin, compilers and build systems.

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In this episode we have talked with Alexey Tsvetkov who works at the Kotlin team at jetbrains on Kotlin's gradle plugin, compilers and build systems in general.

In the first part (of two parts) we have covered:

• Gradle Build System and its build phases
• Kotlin Gradle plugin
• Compiling mixed Kotlin and Java projects
• Incremental compilation
• How a compiler works
• Compiler Frontends and Backends

Links:

• Kotlin programming language
• Gradle: The Build Lifecycle
• Kotlin native
• JPS: IntelliJ IDEA's internal build system
• Kotlin Koans

Guests

• Alexey Tsvetkov: Twitter

Hosts

• Artem Zinnatullin: Twitter, GitHub, blog
• Hannes Dorfmann: Twitter, GitHub, blog

Discussion

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