The Kotlin programming language is a modern language that gives you more power for your everyday tasks. Kotlin is concise, safe, pragmatic, and focused on interoperability with Java code. It can be used almost everywhere Java is used today: for server-side development, Android apps, and much more. Kotlin is 100% compatible with all existing Java frameworks, and has good tooling support. It’s a pragmatic language with a very low learning curve, and can be quickly grasped by Java developers. Kotlin code might be compiled not only to JVM bytecode but to JavaScript and Native code as well, but this course is focused on Kotlin/JVM.
This course aims to share with you the power and the beauty of Kotlin. We'll have a basic overview of the language, as well as a discussion of many corner cases, especially concerning Java interoperability. The course is based on your Java experience; it shows the similarities between the two languages and focuses on what's going to be different.
Note that this course won't cover the programming fundamentals. We'll discuss: basic syntax, nullability, functional programming with Kotlin, object-oriented programming with Kotlin, the power of the Kotlin standard library, and Java interoperability.
Kotlin for Java Developers
Offered By
JetBrains
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
113 minutes to complete
Introduction
4 videos (Total 13 min)
Week
24 hours to complete
Starting up with Kotlin
17 videos (Total 73 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
17 videos
Introducing Kotlin to an existing project2m
"Hello, world" example4m
Variables5m
Functions3m
Named & default arguments5m
Conditionals: if & when5m
Loops2m
'in' checks & ranges4m
Exceptions3m
Extension Functions4m
Examples from the Standard Library8m
Calling Extensions3m
Importance of extensions3m
Solution: Mastermind2m
Solution: Checking identifier3m
Solution: Sum as an extension function58s
1 reading
Setting up programming assignments10m
Week
37 hours to complete
Nullability, Functional Programming
19 videos (Total 92 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
19 videos
Nullable types under the hood4m
Safe casts2m
Importance of nullability2m
Lambdas3m
Common Operations on collections6m
Operations Quiz - I4m
Operations Quiz - II7m
Function Types5m
Member References6m
return from Lambda5m
Is Kotlin a functional language?1m
Solution: Nice String6m
Solution: Taxi Park, tasks 1-35m
Solution: Taxi Park, tasks 4 & 58m
Solution: Taxi Park, task 62m
Solution: Checking whether string is null or empty2m
Solution: Safe casts59s
Solution: Interchangeable predicates3m
1 reading
Mastermind in a functional style1m
Week
47 hours to complete
Properties, OOP, Conventions
19 videos (Total 99 min), 2 quizzes
19 videos
More about Properties4m
Lazy or late initialization5m
OOP in Kotlin4m
Constructors, Inheritance syntax6m
Class modifiers - I4m
Class modifiers - II5m
Objects, object expressions & companion objects6m
Constants4m
Generics6m
OOP design choices5m
Operator Overloading3m
Conventions8m
(Not)using operator overloading2m
Solution: Rationals15m
Solution: Unstable val2m
Solution: Using lateinit property1m
Solution: NPE during initialization4m
Solution: Equality2m
4.6
73 ReviewsTop Reviews
This course is a very comprehensive and detailed introduction to Kotlin. However, it would be even better if it could include the generics part which is the most difficult but quite frequently used.
Excellent coverage of core Kotlin concepts with plenty of good exercises. I look forward to the advanced Kotlin courses mentioned in the conclusion, covering DSLs, generics, coroutines, and more.
Instructors
Svetlana Isakova
Developer AdvocateKotlin
Andrey Breslav
Kotlin Project LeadKotlin
About JetBrains
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