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There are times as a developer where you’ll be having a conversation with someone and you’ll understand every word in a sentence except one. I had that happen this weekend and it’s as entertaining as it is annoying. Then I’m looking through events for this week and it happens again! The Google/Android groups are talking about something called Kotlin.
According to the official Kotlin website, it is a “statically typed programming language for modern multiplatform applications” which tells me not much at all. In short, it’s like Java but different. And in May, Android announced that Kotlin would be an officially supported language for the Android platform so it looks like it’s time for Android devs to learn Java-but-not-Java for Android and in Denver, you can know everything about Kotlin (I may be exaggerating by quite a lot) by Friday thanks to 2 meetup groups!
Sometimes it’s fun being surprised by new technology. Have a great week!
Top Colorado Technology News
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Denver shopping-app maker Ibotta’s latest VC round revealed [DBJ]
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Creating a culture of innovation: How DISH embraced agile [VentureBeat]
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Boulder’s TeamSnap acquires Seattle-based Korrio to expand its youth sports empire [DenverPost]
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New kids on the block: 7 companies that just launched services in Denver [BuiltinColorado]
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Boulder-based Stream announces $3M in funding — and plans to grow Boulder-based team [BuiltinColorado]
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Denver-based Altitude Digital’s merger with New York firm aims to make video ads more tolerable [DenverPost]
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How Colorado ranks among top 10 states for internet business [DBJ]
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Prodege acquires Denver cash-back shopping site ShopAtHome.com [EINNews]
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Why online sports retailer Fanatics chose Boulder for its tech hub [BizWest]
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Redbarre details huge facility in Parker that could create 4,000 jobs, bring Hollywood to Colorado [DenverPost]
Top Upcoming Events
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8/16 – Boulder JS – Greg Reimer: Data-Fetching in React+Redux using the Vacancy Observer Pattern
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8/16 – Denver Droids (aka Denver Android Developers Group) – Getting Started with Kotlin Basics
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8/16 – Rocky Mountain UAS Professionals – UAVs in Commercial Mapping
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8/17 – Denver/Boulder Cybersecurity Meetup – Cybersecurity Career Trends with Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending
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8/17 – GDG Denver – Chris Jenkins presents: You’ve Added Kotlin! Great! Now what? [Android]
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8/17 – Learn to Code Colorado – Hack the Dot with Galvanize and Name.com!
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8/19 – Capital One – Dev Exchange Hackathon Denver
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8/19 – Innovation Pavilion – Fintech + Alexa Hackathon
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8/22 – CTA – CTA 101
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8/22 – Fort Collins Coders – Developing a RESTful API with Node
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