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A while ago I suggested that Kotlin may be destined to replace Java, with several members skeptical about that statement. Yesterday I bought a new book: Kotlin Programming by Bailey et al. Here are some quotes from the book:
Kotlin’s scope quickly grew from a language with a bright future into the language powering applications on the world’s foremost mobile operating system. Today, large companies like Google, Uber, Netflix, Capital One, Amazon, and more have embraced Kotlin for its many advantages, including its concise syntax, modern features, and seamless interoperability with legacy Java code.
However, since Java was released in 1995, much has been learned about what makes for a good programming language. Java is missing the many advancements that developers working with more modern languages enjoy.
Greenhalgh, David; Skeen, Josh. Kotlin Programming (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) (p. 19). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition. Note: This book does not use the Android Studio IDE. I really recommend that you use the Android Studio! Check Amazon for Kindle books that use Android Studio. There are several.
I am convinced that the long term future for Java is a little bleak. Now that I feel that I am slowly conquering Kotlin, I feel that I am on the right track. Oh! For the love of Kotlin!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 17-Aug-22 10:50am.
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You've just kindled my interest for learning Kotlin, at my age of 56 years!
Which IDE would you recommend- Android Studio or JetBrains?
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Android Studio is a rebranded Jetbrains IntelliJ including all the batteries needed for Android development. So it's kind of hard to avoid Jetbrains there
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I use the Android Studio IDE and I like it. As a book I would not recommend the book I quoted above as it doesn't use Android Studio. I would recommend "Android Studio Arctic Fox Essentials Kotlin Edition" by Neil Smith. It is available as a Kindle download. Good luck!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Kotlin only exists because of licensing issues with Java... not because its a better lang.
C# is way better than both these langs for so many reasons.
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Please understand that Kotlin is mainly used to develop Android apps for mobile devices. You cannot directly compare C# to Kotlin. You have never used Kotlin? Or have you? 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Yes I've used Kotlin.
You can compare C# to Kotlin as C# is also for writing Android apps and its runtimes perform better as well on top of it.
Both Google and Apple are really bad at lang design. The only reason these companies spend time with any of these is for control. MS just happens to be good at this (besides their IDE situation)
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... because Microsoft is introducing "audio cues" to VS: Visual Studio 2022 Release Notes | Microsoft Docs[^]
And it's configurable sounds, too.
OK, ATM it defaults to off, but some annoying little child is going to bring in his clips and cubes will get noisy.
Dumb idea, MS. Just dumb.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'm sure it'll please the fans of this extension[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Why am I now thinking of Calvin and Hobbes?
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too funny. In the mid 90s I did development on Sun SparcStations that had audio. Had an error slaved to "Doh!"
It gold old fast.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Also in the 90s. I worked in a cube farm and one of the lead devs had a laser blast tone as his email notification - a guy who got *lots* of email. One morning before he got in I replaced his tone with an obnoxious sheep baa (he was from New Zealand). He wandered around a bit trying to find who did it but we were all laughing so hard he couldn't figure out who actually did it. He was laughing as hard as we were so he really didn't stand a chance.
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I used to work in an office where a guy had an ogre style voice that growled "Am I disturbing you?" whenever an email arrived. Which was about every minute or so.
Stopped being funny by about the third minute ...
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I guess a long time ago. I lead developer should have bought a keg to figure it out. The keg was for the team he was leading. Techies be techies
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Heh, I used a Jetson's quote, "You must have goofed up somewhere", when there was a compiler error.
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The day I'm required to code in a cube farm (or worse - in a open office) is the day I quit. 
OriginalGriff wrote: Dumb idea, MS. Just dumb.
They'll position it as part of their support for the blind - audible icons. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I used them back in the day, well the events breakpoint and the like, but then I did use headphones.
"Where's the KaBoom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering KaBoom."
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I'm also glad I don't code in a cube farm (I would never do that!) but I do make cautious use of the audio cues. (I work alone in my own office in my own home.) I sometimes leave a long-running debug session to continue while I get on with something else. A discreet "ding" when it hits a breakpoint is quite helpful.
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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Windows has always been filled with audio cues. Most of us turn them all off - the only two I allow on our systems are the dock and undock signals. I'm not surprised that VS now has them.
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You thread title got me thinking. The 'farm' word is used in relation to a number of things in the hi tech world (cube farm , render farm, etc.). The term is probably used to point the repeating pattern that emerges in some hi tech environments with distinct items looking the same and executing identical work, which makes a dumb approach to things from a programmer`s perspective.
I wander, could a certain central district in Madrid be referred to using the label "farm".
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So, I get an email from Google telling me I have until Sep 30th to set up billing for my Workspace Business starter account. For which, I have no recollection. So, I connect (after resetting my forgotten password). There is email in there, the newest item from Feb 2013. I guess I had this "try it you will like it plan" some 9 years ago. Go Figure.
Don't plan to set up any billing, wonder if they will carry me for another 9?
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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If you want to keep it, they backed down from forcing those accounts to be paid. You can promise them[^] it's a non-business account and it will stay free.
TTFN - Kent
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Thanks for that. I had forgotten the account.
So, I can promise to play nice and then forget it again. What a deal.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Mysterious whale swims around augmented reality. (6)
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Arcane?
Whale (cane) swims around AR?
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