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Mastering Kotlin

Mastering Kotlin

By : Nate Ebel
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Mastering Kotlin

Mastering Kotlin

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By: Nate Ebel

Overview of this book

Using Kotlin without taking advantage of its power and interoperability is like owning a sports car and never taking it out of the garage. While documentation and introductory resources can help you learn the basics of Kotlin, the fact that it’s a new language means that there are limited learning resources and code bases available in comparison to Java and other established languages. This Kotlin book will show you how to leverage software designs and concepts that have made Java the most dominant enterprise programming language. You’ll understand how Kotlin is a modern approach to object-oriented programming (OOP). This book will take you through the vast array of features that Kotlin provides over other languages. These features include seamless interoperability with Java, efficient syntax, built-in functional programming constructs, and support for creating your own DSL. Finally, you will gain an understanding of implementing practical design patterns and best practices to help you master the Kotlin language. By the end of the book, you'll have obtained an advanced understanding of Kotlin in order to be able to build production-grade applications.
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Section 1: Kotlin – A Modern Solution to Application Development
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Section 2: Putting the Pieces Together – Modeling Data, Managing State, and Application Architecture
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Section 3: Play Nice – Integrating Kotlin With Existing Code
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Section 4: Go Beyond – Exploring Advanced and Experimental Language Features
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Section 5: The Wide World of Kotlin – Using Kotlin across the Entire Development Stack

First-Class Functions

In this chapter, we'll dive deeper into Kotlin's support for first-class functions and how that support enables us to rethink how we write our code. You'll learn, in detail, how Kotlin functions are flexible, concise, and powerful by examining different types of functions, such as single expression functions and local functions. Finally, we'll explore how to leverage Kotlin features such as default parameter values, extension functions, and higher-order functions to write expressive, concise, and flexible code that reduces boilerplate and is more convenient to use.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Understanding Kotlin's first-class support for functions
  • Using named arguments and default parameter values to reduce boilerplate and increase the utility of our functions
  • Examining different types of functions and...
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