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Kotlin -  Taking advantage out of Kotlin

At I/O 2017, Google announced official support for Kotlin for developing Android apps. Kotlin is a language developed by Jetbrains, with a quickly growing developer base because of its concise, elegant syntax, and 100% interoperability with Java.

I, who am developing android apps for a time was using java for Android Studio IDE language. After android studio 3.0 release, Jetbrains brought Kotlin support.

  • Let's get stared with Kotlin.
What You're gonna need,
  • Android Studio 3.0
  • An Android device or emulator to run the app on
  • The sample code (If you want, I got one below)
  • Basic knowledge of developing Android apps in the Java language

What You're take out of this,

  • How to use the Android Studio's Java to Kotlin converter.
  • How to write code using Kotlin syntax.
  • How to use Kotlin lambda expressions and extension functions to reduce boilerplate code and avoid common errors.
  • How to use built-in standard library functions to extend existing Java class functions.
  • How Kotlin can help avoid the Billion Dollar Mistake, the NullPointerException.









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