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

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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

Guest:

Alexey Tsvetkov @tsvtkv, GitHub

Hosts:

• Artem Zinnatullin @artem_zin, personal blog, GitHub
• Hannes Dorfmann @sockeqwe, personal blog, GitHub

Additional links:

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