5 Hidden Secrets of Kotlin Coroutines: I wish I Knew It Earlier🚀

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Kotlin coroutines are a powerful tool for writing asynchronous and concurrent code. Once you grasp the basics, you’ll discover there are many advanced features and best practices that can take your coroutine game to the next level. Here are 5 hidden secrets that can help you write cleaner, more efficient, and more maintainable asynchronous code.

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1). CoroutineScope vs. SupervisorScope

In Kotlin, both coroutineScope and supervisorScope are used to structure concurrency by launching child coroutines. However, their error handling differs:

• coroutineScope: If any child coroutine fails, the entire scope is cancelled, which means all other children are cancelled as well.