Hi all, You may remember an e-mail across the mailing lists a few weeks back that informed everyone of the wonderful Beam Katas available on Stepik <https://stepik.org> for learning more about writing Beam applications, working with its various APIs, all from the comfort of your favorite IDEs.
Today, I'm letting everyone know about a new addition to the Beam family for Kotlin <https://kotlinlang.org/>. Unlike the other Katas which focus on languages that directly correspond to the existing SDKs, this one targets a popular alternative to Java (that interops with it as well). I've been using Kotlin ever since being introduced to Beam and it's provided a fantastic developer experience, so I thought it'd be worth sharing with others. If you would love a change of pace from the "big three" of Beam, I'd encourage you to give it a try (or if you are already familiar with Beam and want to give another language a whirl). You can find the Kotlin and the other excellent Katas below (or by just searching for "Beam Katas" within IntelliJ or through the EduTools plugin): 1. Kotlin - https://stepik.org/course/72488 2. Java - https://stepik.org/course/54530 3. Python - https://stepik.org/course/54532 4. Go (in development) - https://stepik.org/course/70387 I'd like to extend a very special thanks to Henry Suryawirawan for his creation of the original series of Katas and his support during the review process, as well as Pablo Estrada for helping this thing get merged in. Thanks everyone and feel free to reach out if you run into any issues with the course! Rion Williams
