Kotlin is mostly known right now for backend programming and Android. I am a Kotlin enthusiast because it's in the Venn diagram of well-designed languages that are also a good choice in practice because of its pragmatism and its tooling. Kotlin is also fully supported for Android development (see this blog post), but that’s not an area I’m working in.This is an edited version of an interview I have done that explain the best ways to learn Kotlin depending on your background : are you a beginner or do you have serious Java skills? Do you like books or do you like learning by doing? Do you want a no-install browser experience or do you want to experience a powerful IDE? I hope it empowers you to get started with Kotlin! You can find good tutorials on how to integrate Kotlin with Spring Boot: Creating a RESTful Web Service with Spring Boot, Spring Boot and Kotlin. All you need to do is implement the methods so the unit tests pass.Īfter having familiarized yourself with the basic Kotlin syntax, you can move to more practical experiments. You can see that the project provides failing unit tests, as well as the skeleton for the classes to implement.
I’ve forked it, and created a new branch for my work ( open the project in IntelliJ (Kotlin is supported and developed by JetBrains). To start working on the Koans, you can either fork the project on GitHub ( here) or clone it directly. It starts slowly, with the basic Kotlin syntax and the differences with Java, but then goes to specific collections handling concepts that can remind you of the new Java 8 or Scala transformation methods. The Koans are a series of TDD exercises, each of them introducing an element of the Kotlin syntax. If, like me, you have some experience in Java development, a good starting point are the Kotlin Koans. The Kotlin website has a well written documentation, with a complete language reference, as well as different tutorials. Programiz has a great infographic that explains the interest of learning Kotlin. Statically typed programming language for modern multiplatform applications Kotlin is, as described on the official website, a
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