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Stabilize Your Kotlin Development with Koin 3.5 Long-Term Support
Do frequent updates and the need for constant integration disrupt your Kotlin development projects? Enter Koin 3.5 Long-Term Support (LTS) — a solution for enterprise apps that need reliability and long-term stability.
Recognizing the requirements of Kotlin development teams, our Koin project consistently evolves through frequent, community-driven updates every six months.
But, we've noticed that frequent updates, while beneficial, can pose significant headaches for big businesses, especially in regulated environments or those using complex technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT). Navigating compliance issues, addressing technical debt, and keeping documentation up-to-date in these scenarios can impede progress. This is precisely why we've developed a tailored solution for enterprises who find themselves in this situation.
Enter Koin LTS (Long-Term Support)
To help Kotlin teams & businesses overcome these challenges, we're introducing our Koin 3.5 Long-Term Support (LTS) version of Koin. This new offering provides a minimum of 18 months of extended, professional support, tailored specifically for businesses that demand greater stability and predictability for their projects.
Why Choose Koin LTS?
Predictability and Stability:
Koin 3.5 LTS supports a dedicated version until at least December 2025. This means you have a stable base for your projects, so you can plan your development cycle and business growth without worrying about the disruption that can come with frequent updates. This stability is crucial for applications in sectors where changes need to be managed carefully and deliberately.
Reduced Maintenance Overhead:
Maintaining updates and documentation with each new release can consume a lot of time and resources.With an extended support period, your team won’t have to constantly cycle through evaluating, updating, and documenting each new release. This not only cuts down on maintenance costs but also frees up your team to focus on innovation and development—core aspects that drive business growth.
Enhanced Compatibility:
Compatibility issues can be a major headache for development teams . Koin 3.5 LTS protects against breaking changes and deprecations, providing a seamless experience for your team.
Comprehensive Support:
When issues arise, you need them resolved quickly and efficiently. Our LTS includes incident support and bug fixing throughout the support period, ensuring that your operations remain uninterrupted. There's priority access to the Koin team via Slack and dedicated email support means faster issue resolution.
Legal Compliance and Security:
Each LTS release complies with the Apache2 license and is guaranteed to be free from contaminating elements or unchecked contributions. We also provide robust measures against intellectual property infringement claims, ensuring that your business can operate with peace of mind.
How Does It Work?
Koin 3.5 stands as the chosen LTS version within our 3.x series, built on the foundation of Kotlin 1.0. During the LTS period, we commit to:
- Ensuring the availability of Koin 3.5 functionalities
- Providing timely responses to incident requests within 72 hours
- Integrating community-found fixes into Koin 3.5 LTS
- Keeping Koin 3.5 LTS open-source under the Apache 2 license
LTS development teams access a private repository for binaries and a dedicated GitHub repository for source code evaluation and auditing.
Key features in Koin 3.5 LTS
Some standout features include:
- Stabilized API for Compose: Makes UI development robust
- Fixed constructor DSL: Simplifies dependency injections
- Optimized dependencies tree: Boosts application performance
- KMP/memory management optimization: Enhances cross-platform projects
- Scope multithreading fix: Resolves race conditions, improving reliability
- Background loading with lazy modules and coroutines engine: Enhances app responsiveness
- Updated verify API: Streamlines testing processes
Let's Connect
Interested in discussing how Koin 3.5 LTS can benefit your projects?
Give us your contact details, and our team will contact you to set up a quick exploratory call.
We’re excited to help you achieve your development goals with Koin 3.5 LTS.