This book introduces the Kotlin programming skills and techniques necessary for building applications. You''ll learn how to migrate your Java programming skills to Kotlin, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) programming language.
The book starts with a quick tour of the Kotlin language and gradually walks you through the language in greater detail over the course of succeeding chapters. You''ll learn Kotlin fundamentals like generics, functional programming, type system, debugging, and unit testing. Additionally, with the book''s freely downloadable online appendices, you''ll discover how to use Kotlin for building Spring Boot applications, data persistence, and microservices.
What You Will Learn
- Learn the Kotlin language, its functions, types, collections, generics, classes, and more
- Dive into higher-order functions, generics, debugging, and unit testing
- Apply the fundamentals of Kotlin
Table of Contents
Part 1: Kotlin1. Setup2. Tour of the Kotlin language3. Functions4. Types5. Higher order functions6. Collections7. Generics8. Classes9. Unit Testing10. Java Interoperability
Part 2: Spring Boot11. Spring and SpringBoot12. Setup13. Getting started with a projecta. Using the project initializrb. Auto restarting an appc. Views and backing beansd. Views and controller functionse. Servicesf. Posting to a controllerg. Dependency Injection14. Functional Programminga. Overviewb. Function parametersc. Listsd. Filter and flatMape. Reduce and Foldf. Maps15. Hibernatea. Adding the dependenciesb. Entitiesc. Persisting to a database16. Reflectiona. Overviewb. Ins
