Beginning Kotlin

Build Applications with Better Code, Productivity, and Performance

By: Ted Hagos

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eText | 22 November 2022

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This book introduces the Kotlin programming skills and techniques necessary for building applications. You'll learn how to migrate your Java programming skills to Kotlin, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) programming language.

The book starts with a quick tour of the Kotlin language and gradually walks you through the language in greater detail over the course of succeeding chapters. You'll learn Kotlin fundamentals like generics, functional programming, type system, debugging, and unit testing. Additionally, with the book's freely downloadable online appendices, you'll discover how to use Kotlin for building Spring Boot applications, data persistence, and microservices.

What You Will Learn

Learn the Kotlin language, its functions, types, collections, generics, classes, and more
Dive into higher-order functions, generics, debugging, and unit testing
Apply the fundamentals of Kotlin to Spring Boot
Add Hibernate to your Spring Boot application for persistence and data accessibility
Take advantage of functional programming available in Kotlin

Who This Book Is For

Java developers who are new to Kotlin and want to leverage Kotlin, particularly for building Spring Boot apps.