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Leland Richardson

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This is really cool! Great stuff coming from the community

Aida Issayeva

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Shoutout to @vinaygaba for creating the converter from the view-based system to #JetpackCompose. What an excellent tool for every jetpack compose beginner 🚀

Benjamin Monjoie

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This was already helpful to me today. I found examples I needed to achieve what I wanted very quickly 👏💯 Thanks a lot for this 👍

Rikin Marfatia

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Been using @vinaygaba's Jetpack Compose by Example repo a lot as I have been working on my first Compose app. And now this, such a great idea

Kiran Rao

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This person right here is the best Jetpack Compose expert you can find outside of Google.

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TIL about https://jetpackcompose.app Great job! 💪🏾🏅 Super useful!

Chris Ward

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This is really really cool from @vinaygaba. Drop-down of common Views in Android which gives you the Compose equivalent. Definitely one for the bookmarks!

Wajahat Karim

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This is some serious work done by @vinaygaba on JetpackCompose.

Shalom Halbert

@ShalomHalbert

Thank you @vinaygaba for sharing your article on Jetpack Compose lint rules. It is a great stepping stone for anyone who wants to learn more about the topic 😍

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