Learn Kotlin, a modern language for the JVM, designed for Java users seeking better and safer programming solutions.
This course dives into Kotlin, a super modern and powerful language for those who know Java. Get ready to learn about its cool features like null safety and type inference in a fun, hands-on way! Perfect for coding on the JVM and now on Android too!
Learn Kotlin, a modern language for the JVM (now officially supported on Android!)
This is a course on the Kotlin programming language. Kotlin is a programming language made by JetBrains which targets the JVM. Kotlin is designed to be a better Java. It is more concise, safer, has better support for functional programming and is designed to speed up everyday development tasks. Kotlin also has great tool support, since it's made by the makers of IntelliJ IDEA, the world leading IDE.
This course is designed for people already familiar with Java who are looking for a more modern, expressive and powerful language for the JVM.
In this course, you will learn about:
How to install and run Kotlin and why toolability matters (I use IntelliJ)
Type inference and how it can save you a lot of time
Smart control flow structures that let you write more succinctly
Mutability options (val and var), what they mean and how to use them
Nullability guarantees and how they make your code more safe
The power of functional literals (nested functions and lambdas)
Powerful built-in delegation functionality
How to leverage Kotlin's collection operations to process data sets efficiently
...and a lot more!
This course is completely live-demo based. All the lectures are examples of real code being edited and executed using the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition IDE.
Update: Google has just announced official support for Kotlin on Android. Congratulations to the Kotlin team!
Solve problems in Kotlin
Understand Kotlin's advantages over Java
Effectively leverage Kotlin's null safety and mutability guarantees
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Dmitri is a quant, developer, book author and course author. His interests lie in software development and integration practices in the areas of computation, quantitative finance and algorithmic trading. His technological interests include C# and C++ programming as well high-performance computing using technologies such as CUDA and FPGAs. He has been a C# MVP since 2009.
Presenter talks too fast
Course details are very good and informative
I like the pace of the course and the straightforward explanation of the instructor.
1. Right now, I have done about 80% of the course and this is my impression.
The course could cover some additional concepts that you will need on the road of Kotlin development. I know, it is called "Introduction to Kotlin", but I guess that e.g. generics are not covered.
This course is a great introduction to Kotlin! I can highly recommend. Sometimes it is too fast to code along and its needed to pause the video.
Very nice
Could include more topics
the teaching is very fast, but i can still understand clearly. 5 out of 5
Nice
Nice course, good examples
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Alexandru A.
The course was very well structured and given the lessons were presented using live coding it contains plenty of useful examples.