With Andrey Breslav. Designing Kotlin and How to Learn Software Development

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It was great to be able to talk to Andrey for this episode. He shared some of his journey to becoming a professional software developer (starting off with QBasic and Delphi), teaching software development to school kids, before moving to JetBrains to be the lead designer of the Kotlin language.LinksDesign Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (The Gang of Four book)Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications by Grady BoochRefactoring by Martin FowlerKotlinJetBrainsQBasicDelphiGuests: Andrey Breslav (@abreslav).Hosted By: Matthew Setter.Thanks for tuning in to Free the Geek. If you'd like to be a guest on the podcast or know someone who'd make a great guest, email me: [email protected]. This podcast is produced by Matthew Setter. SupportIf you want to support the show, you can always buy me a coffee. I'd greatly appreciate your financial support. ★ Support this podcast ★

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Come listen to this warm chat with Andrey Breslav, the lead language designer of Kotlin at JetBrains. He shares his journey to becoming a professional software developer and how Kotlin came about.

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