Programming DSLs in Kotlin

by Venkat Subramaniam

Creating your own domain-specific languages (DSLs) is both challenging and exhilarating. DSLs give users a way to interact with your applications more effectively, and Kotlin is a fantastic language to serve as a host for internal DSLs, because it greatly reduces the pain and effort of design and development. But implementing DSLs on top of Kotlin requires understanding the key strengths of the language and knowing how to apply them appropriately. Learn to avoid the pitfalls and leverage the language while creating your own elegant, fluent, concise, and robust DSLs using Kotlin.

50 pages, ebook

Published October 1, 2020

About the author

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects. He is a frequent invited speaker at international software conferences and user groups. He's author of .NET Gotchas (O'Reilly), coauthor of the 2007 Jolt Productivity award-winning book Practices of an Agile Developer (Pragmatic Bookshelf), and author of Programming Groovy (Pragmatic Bookshelf).

Reviews

[Michiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction to DSLs and the challenges one will encounter. This was the beta 1.0 version, I’ll wait for the completion of the book and update my review accordingly.

[Андрій Кривцун · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not deep dive into DSL subject. The advantage of the book is small volume.