Beginning Kotlin: Build Applications with Better Code, Productivity, and Performance

by Ted Hagos

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
Who This Book Is For
Java developers who are new to Kotlin and want to leverage Kotlin, particularly for building Spring Boot apps.

252 pages, Paperback

Published November 23, 2022

About the author

Ted is a software developer by trade, at the moment, he’s Chief Technology Officer and Data Protection Officer of RenditionDigital International; a software development company based out of Dublin. He wore many hats in his 20+ years in software development e.g. team lead, project manager, architect and director for development. He also spent time as a trainer for IBM Advanced Career Education, Ateneo ITI and Asia Pacific College. He wrote a couple of books under Apress.

There's a couple of places in the web where you might find my work, but I'm mostly active at workingdev.net

Reviews

[Mr. H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introductory book