Backend for mobile engineers with Kotlin and Ktor

Hello, fellow Kotliners! It’s time for our next virtual get-together. This time Yev Kanivets will give us his talk “Backend for mobile engineers with Kotlin and Ktor“. Here is the abstract: How many times were you thinking about writing your backend for mobile apps you are working on? And how many times have you chosen Firebase instead? Are there any better options at the moment? In this session, I’ll describe my experience of writing Kotlin backend for Codeforces WatchR mobile apps using Ktor, which is officially positioned as follows: “An asynchronous framework for creating microservices, web applications, and more. It’s fun, free, and open source.” About the speaker: Professional Mobile Engineer since 2014, currently working at 360Learning. Passionate about #EdTech, learning and teaching. Love hackathons, competitive programming and challenging tasks. Marathon finisher. We are also always looking for speakers and talks. Let us know and don’t be shy, we are a friendly bunch and are happy to help you wi