Emanuele Papa

Emanuele Papa

Emanuele is passionate about Android and has been fascinated by it since 2010: the more he learns, the more he wishes to share what he knows with others, which is why he started maintaining his own blog.

In his current role as Senior Android Developer at Mozio, he is now focusing on Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile: he has already given a couple of talks on this topic on various occasions, so far.

Reviewed articles

Generics in Kotlin

The essence of how generics work in Kotlin.

Marcin Moskała3/18/2024

Effective Kotlin Item 60: Use appropriate collection types

Using non-standard collection types to improve performance in Kotlin.

Marcin Moskała12/4/2023

Effective Kotlin Item 49: Use caching when possible

Why we should use caching and how to do it.

Marcin Moskała11/20/2023

Data classes in Kotlin

What are data classes in Kotlin and how do we use them.

Marcin Moskała11/13/2023

Effective Kotlin Item 48: Consider using object declarations

Why we should use object declarations instead of regular classes.

Marcin Moskała11/6/2023

Extensions in Kotlin

What are extensions in Kotlin and how do we use them.

Marcin Moskała10/9/2023

Effective Kotlin Item 35: Consider using dependency injection

What is dependency injection, why it is so important, and how to use it in Kotlin.

Marcin Moskała10/2/2023

Sealed classes and interfaces in Kotlin

What are sealed classes and interfaces in Kotlin and how do we use them.

Marcin Moskała9/4/2023

Effective Kotlin Item 2: Eliminate critical sections

Learn why do we need to synchronize access to mutable state, and how to secure it.

Marcin Moskała8/28/2023

Objects in Kotlin

What is object expression, object declaration and companion objects, and how we use them.

Marcin Moskała7/17/2023

The beauty of Kotlin type system

How type system makes Kotlin so flexible, safe, and intuitive.

Marcin Moskała6/12/2023

Nullability in Kotlin

How Kotlin null-safety works, and how can we deal with nullable values.

Marcin Moskała3/13/2023

Basic values in Kotlin

Learn about the basic Kotlin values, types and operations.

Marcin Moskała2/27/2023

Enum classes in Kotlin

What are enum classes in Kotlin and how do we use them.

Marcin Moskała2/1/2023

Operator overloading in Kotlin

How are operators defined for types in Kotlin, and how can we define our own operators.

Marcin Moskała1/23/2023

The power of Kotlin for-loop

Learn about the amazing capabilities of Kotlin for-loop.

Marcin Moskała1/18/2023

Your first program in Kotlin

How to write your first program, how can we use it in real-life projects, and how to explore what Kotlin is compiled to.

Marcin Moskała1/10/2023

Functions in Kotlin

Learn about what functions can offer us in Kotlin.

Marcin Moskała12/12/2022