Programming Kotlin: Get to grips quickly with the best Java alternative

By Stephen Samuel and Stefan Bocutiu

Book Overview

Familiarize yourself with all of Kotlin's features with this in-depth guide

Key Features:

Introduction to running, setup and tools of Kotlin code ? Writing structured and readable object-oriented code using new features alongside lambdas and higher order functions ? Writing unit tests and integrating Kotlin tests with Java code in a transitioning code base ? Guide through testing, concurrency and microservices ? Leveraging Kotlin's extensions to the Java collections library ? Using destructuring expressions and finding out how to write your own ? Overview of null safety, type parameterization and Generics ? Setup of algebraic data types and learning when they should be used

Book Description:

Quickly learn the fundamentals of the Kotlin language and see it in action on the web. Easy to follow and covering the full set of programming features, this book will get you fluent in Kotlin for Android.

What You Will Learn:

You'll learn all the basics of the Kotlin language and be able to write Kotlin code to production. This book will have you comfortably using Java code alongside Kotlin, composing different services and building your own applications.

Who this book is for:

Who is this book for? ? Java developers interested in learning about an alternative JVM language ? Server-side developers who want to learn the Kotlin language quickly ? Beginners interested in books on Kotlin for Android development

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787126366
• ISBN13: 9781787126367
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.3"