Kotlin Crash Course: Fast-track your programming skills with practical experience (English Edition) - Brossura

Van Engelen - Maslova, Elena

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9355516304 ISBN 13: 9789355516305

Casa editrice: BPB Publications, 2024

Riassunto

Quickly master Kotlin by practicing what you learn

Key Features

● Understand Kotlin concepts and best practices.

● Apply what you learn in eight engaging interactive projects.

● Build real-world applications, including REST APIs and serverless deployments.

Description

Kotlin Crash Course is a fast-paced, hands-on introduction to Kotlin, preparing readers to build robust applications efficiently using the latest language features and best practices.

The book is divided into comprehensive chapters that cover key Kotlin programming topics such as object-oriented and functional programming, collections, concurrency, and unit testing. Each chapter takes a learning by doing approach, focusing on practical projects rather than solely theoretical knowledge. This strategy improves knowledge retention by simulating real-life experiences, allowing students to apply concepts in practice as they learn them. Furthermore, the book is interwoven with an abundance of best practices obtained from industry experience. This approach ensures that even beginners can gain seasoned insights and apply their knowledge confidently to real-world challenges.

By the end of this comprehensive course, you will not only possess a strong foundation in Kotlin programming but also the practical skills to build real-world applications, including REST APIs and serverless applications leveraging Kotlin's cloud capabilities.

What you will learn

● Understand Kotlin syntax and basic coding conventions.

● Master object-oriented and functional programming concepts.

● Utilize Kotlin’s collection framework effectively.

● Implement concurrency and parallelism with coroutines.

● Build robust applications with best practices.

● Develop diverse applications, including REST APIs and serverless solutions.

Who this book is for

This book is suitable for students, programmers from other languages, Java developers, back-end developers, full-stack developers, and mobile developers. The book is appropriate for both new and experienced programmers wishing to acquire or refresh their Kotlin skills.

Table of Contents

1. Discovering the Power of Kotlin Programming

2. Kotlin Syntax and Basic Coding Conventions

3. Setting up the Development Environment

4. Fundamental Building Blocks of Kotlin

5. Object-oriented Programming

6. Kotlin Collection Framework

7. Scope Functions

8. Functional Programming

9. Exploring Delegation Design Pattern

10. Concurrency and Parallelism

11. Unit Testing in Kotlin

12. Building a Simple REST API

13. Building Event-Driven Cloud Native Serverless Application

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: BPB Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9355516304
• ISBN 13: 9789355516305
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 572
• Contatto del produttore: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.it/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Lussemburgo