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📦 Kotlin 1.5.0-M1

Inline value classes, sealed interfaces and JVM records
JVM IR backend by default
💪 Huge list of compiler fixes
🤔 Deprecate JVM target version 1.6

Changelog
📦 kotlinx.coroutines 1.4.3 and 1.4.3-native-mt

- CoroutineStart.UNDISPATCHED promoted to stable API
- Better support of ThreadContextElement and its integrations
- Proper support of onUndeliveredElement in unlimited channels
- Various performance improvements and bug fixes

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ki: The Next Interactive Shell for Kotlin

Main features:
- Autocompletion
- External dependencies support
- Type inference support
- Special paste mode to paste large snippets found somewhere
- Scripting support
- Plugins
- Kotlin API for Apache Spark support
📦 Ktor 1.5.3

- Bugfixes
- Coroutines 1.4.3
- Kotlinx.serialization 1.1.0

Changelog
Kotlin Plugin 2021.1 Released: Improved IDE Performance and Better Support for Refactorings

🚀 Enjoy quick code completion and highlighting
🚀 Change signatures with better IDE support
🚀 Evaluate custom getters right in the Variables view

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 is out too:

🌟Space integration
🌟WSL2 and Java 16 support
🌟Video and audio calls in embedded Code With Me
How Do You Use Stack Overflow? The Kotlin Community Survey

- Around 10 minutes to complete
- Chance to win a JetBrains All Product Pack subscription or a $100 Amazon eGift voucher
Gradle 7.0

- Centralized dependency versions
- Type-safe project accessors
- Embedded Kotlin 1.4.31
- Kotlin Language and Api version 1.4 in build scripts
Gradle Intellij Plugin rewritten in kotlin entirely (current version is 99% groovy)