Kotlin 1.3.40 release for Kotlin / JS increase of mainstream support for strapping tools

Kotlin 1.3.40 has been released , except for the stability and improvement of tools, but this version is worth the update of concern include:

• Is Kotlin / JS provide support for Gradle NPM, Yarn and the Webpack
• Improved test runner for multi-platform project
• The new type of interface
• Improved performance Kotlin / Native and interoperability
• Some added to the standard library function of the experimental phase of the new
• ……

Briefly as follows:

Experimental support for the NPM and Webpack

This feature helps simplify development using Node.js, NPM, Yarn JavaScript or Webpack of the project. Team Kotlin / JS and multi-platform Gradle plugin adds support missions in order to simplify the integration process. This plugin will generate a temporary project  package.json, it will download and use to automatically manage Yarn NPM dependent, Webpack will be used behind the scenes to add all dependencies.

The plug-in will all Kotlin project Gradle declared / JS attached to the dependencies automatically maintained  node_modules folder. Now also supports the addition of NPM depend in Gradle script.

dependencies {
    implementation(npm("react", "16.8.3"))
}

Experimental standard library function

• ByteArray.decodeToString with String.encodeToByteArray
• CharArray.concatToString with String.toCharArray

Another add on top of the JVM function  capitalize, it will Localeobject as a parameter.

Upgrade

• In Maven, Gradle, and npm: Use 1.3.40 as the version for the compiler and the standard library. See the docs here.
• In IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio: Update the Kotlin plugin to version 1.3.40. Use Tools | Kotlin | Configure Kotlin Plugin Updates and click the “Check for updates now” button.
• In Eclipse: Install the plugin using Marketplace.
• The command-line compiler can be downloaded from the Github release page.