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Kotlin for Java Developers

JetBrains

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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.

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Svetlana Isakova

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

13 minutes to complete

Introduction

13 minutes to complete

4 videos (Total 13 min)

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Starting up with Kotlin

4 hours to complete

17 videos (Total 73 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

17 videos

From Java to Kotlin7mIntroducing Kotlin to an existing project2m"Hello, world" example4mVariables5mFunctions3mNamed & default arguments5mConditionals: if & when5mLoops2m'in' checks & ranges4mExceptions3mExtension Functions4mExamples from the Standard Library8mCalling Extensions3mImportance of extensions3mSolution: Mastermind2mSolution: Checking identifier3mSolution: Sum as an extension function58s

1 reading

Setting up programming assignments10m

Week3

Week 3

7 hours to complete

Nullability, Functional Programming

7 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 92 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

19 videos

Nullable types10mNullable types under the hood4mSafe casts2mImportance of nullability2mLambdas3mCommon Operations on collections6mOperations Quiz - I4mOperations Quiz - II7mFunction Types5mMember References6mreturn from Lambda5mIs Kotlin a functional language?1mSolution: Nice String6mSolution: Taxi Park, tasks 1-35mSolution: Taxi Park, tasks 4 & 58mSolution: Taxi Park, task 62mSolution: Checking whether string is null or empty2mSolution: Safe casts59sSolution: Interchangeable predicates3m

1 reading

Mastermind in a functional style1m

Week4

Week 4

7 hours to complete

Properties, OOP, Conventions

7 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 99 min)

19 videos

Properties7mMore about Properties4mLazy or late initialization5mOOP in Kotlin4mConstructors, Inheritance syntax6mClass modifiers - I4mClass modifiers - II5mObjects, object expressions & companion objects6mConstants4mGenerics6mOOP design choices5mOperator Overloading3mConventions8m(Not)using operator overloading2mSolution: Rationals15mSolution: Unstable val2mSolution: Using lateinit property1mSolution: NPE during initialization4mSolution: Equality2m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM KOTLIN FOR JAVA DEVELOPERS

by AMSep 18, 2021

Very useful course that covers all the basics (and more, sometimes!) of Kotlin.

It is really well-taught, but some assignments show gradle errors that can be ignored, but are still quite annoying.

by FRNov 19, 2018

Nice course. I liked the level. I really missed discussions on the assignments. It would have been really nice to see a solution with comments and compare it with my own to learn from my mistakes.

by CDMar 4, 2019

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.

by KHJun 13, 2021

Good survey of Kotlin language features. Would have been nice if assignments focused more on Kotlin idioms. Perhaps that's a fundamental issue with using an automated grader?

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