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Episode #28

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Emmanuel Muturiaโ„ข

Know Your Meme ๐Ÿคฃโ€‹

Know Your Meme

Welcomes & Hellos! ๐Ÿซ‚โ€‹

You have set up your Environment ๐Ÿ’ป, filled your cup of Coffee โ˜• for the nth time, and even found your heat source ๐Ÿ”ฅ as we encouraged you to last time, but you are still wondering what is missing, right? We can help you with that, again. Whether it is from the comfort of your German Machine ๐Ÿš—, duvet ๐Ÿ›๏ธ, or otherwise:

This is Episode #28 of The Kotlin Kenya Newsletter...

Welcomes & Hellos!

Firebase App Distribution with GitHub Actionsโ€‹

Firebase App Distribution with GitHub Actions

To kickstart the rather chilly day โ„๏ธ, Blannon Ngoge introduced the audience to Firebase App Distribution with GitHub Actions. Get it? "Firebase" and "chilly day"? Anyway, through this practical session, the attendees got to learn how to distribute their Mobile Apps for Testing ๐Ÿงช, using GitHub Actions, which is probably one of if not the most efficient way of Mobile App Distribution ๐Ÿ”...

Building Chronos: A Smartwatch Appโ€‹

Building Chronos: A Smartwatch App

All the way from the world of Embedded Systems, we had Felix Biego who wasted no time [pun intended] in taking the audience through the evolution of his flagship project, Chronos, which is your essential Smartwatch Companion App that can seamlessly connect your Smartwatch โŒš and Smartphone ๐Ÿ“ฑ for a truly integrated and convenient experience. He also broke down what tools were used during each iteration, not to mention the problems that kickstarted this project altogether. Now that is what we call Design Thinking ๐Ÿ’ก...

GitHub Educationโ€‹

GitHub Education

Do you want some Pizza ๐Ÿ•? Well, you missed out on it during this meetup ๐Ÿ˜”. The good news is that courtesy of Charles Moruri and Eugene Oyier, we partnered with GitHub and GitHub Education to offer you a chance to apply for a GitHub Education Pack. If you want one or are interested in learning more about it, then simply click me. Go on,now ๐Ÿคจ...

The Community Showcase ๐Ÿ™Œโ€‹

Do you want to see what our talented community members have been up to? Here you go: ๐Ÿ‘‡

Motiiโ€‹

Motii

If you have been following us for a while now, as you should, then you know too well that some of us love German Machines ๐Ÿš— and stuff. Well, maybe a little too much for one of us in particular ๐Ÿ˜œ. Anyway, we are excited to showcase a product that will not only revolutionise the Car market in Kenya, but will also come in handy when you go buy your very own German Machine or otherwise ๐Ÿ˜ฎ. Earlier this month, The Chief Senior Dishwasher, GDE shipped Motii, which is a Mobile App that provides up to date current CRSP for vehicles in Kenya. Why should you get ripped off with this kind of power in your hands? ๐Ÿคจ

Check out Motii on Google Play Store here ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.bizilabs.app.motii&pcampaignid=web_share

Before You Go ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโ€‹

Speak To Us

Hey pssst ๐Ÿ˜ฌ. Are you interested in giving a presentation in our upcoming meetups? Do you have what it takes to blow the minds of our esteemed community members ๐Ÿคฏ? Or, do you have that project that you cannot wait to show off to our attendees? Well then, what are you waiting for ๐Ÿ˜ณ? Click me and submit your presentation, will ya?

Until July ๐Ÿซ‚โ€‹

As this meetup comes to a close, we are excited to plan for the next one ๐Ÿ˜ƒ. As our community members, we want you to gain the most value from your membership. What better way to do that than getting involved? How can you do that ๐Ÿค“? Well, submitting your presentations, telling a friend to tell a friend, and even attending the meetups are more than enough to start you off. We look forward to seeing you in July. Until then, keep coding and do not forget to touch grasss or something ๐Ÿ˜‰...

Until July

Credits ๐ŸŽฌโ€‹

1. Newsletter Writing, Editing, and Publishingโ€‹

2. Speakersโ€‹

3. The Organising Teamโ€‹

4. Meetup Hostโ€‹

5. Sponsors and Partnersโ€‹

7. Our Community Membersโ€‹