Mastering Kotlin: Learn advanced Kotlin programming techniques to build apps for Android, iOS, and the web

Creating a modern language for the JVM

Moving beyond the JVM

Designing Kotlin with best practices in mind

Checking in on the current state of Kotlin

Programmers' Multi-Tool – Flexible, Expressive, and Concise

Picking your programming paradigm

Embracing first-class functions

Fixing the billion-dollar mistake

Integrating with Java

Section 2: Putting the Pieces Together – Modeling Data, Managing State, and Application Architecture

Understanding Programming Paradigms in Kotlin

Classifying programming languages

Understanding object-oriented programming

Functional programming

First-Class Functions

Hello functions – first-class support for functions

Flexibility by design – reducing boilerplate with effective parameters

A function for every job – understanding function variations

Modeling Real-World Data

Object-oriented programming in Kotlin

Achieving inheritance and composition

Understanding data classes

Working with enums, sealed classes, and objects

Section 3: Play Nice – Integrating Kotlin With Existing Code

Interoperability as a Design Goal

Understanding why Kotlin was designed with interop in mind

Adding Kotlin to an existing Java project

Converting Java into Kotlin

Crossing Over – Working across Java and Kotlin

Working with Kotlin from Java

Working with Java from Kotlin

Embracing Kotlin idioms

Are two languages better than one?

Controlling the Story

Improving generated class names

Leveraging default values in Java

Better companions

Bringing static to Kotlin

Use-site annotation targets

Baby Steps – Integration through Testing

Improved testing with Kotlin

Test-first integration

Testing interop

Section 4: Go Beyond – Exploring Advanced and Experimental Language Features

Practical Concurrency

Understanding async patterns

The foundations of coroutines

Coroutines in practice

Building Your Own Tools – Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs)

The building blocks of a DSL in Kotlin

What is a DSL?

Creating your first Kotlin DSL

Fully Functional – Embracing Functional Programming

Understanding functional programming

Understanding advanced functions

Leveraging the standard library

Functional programming with Arrow

Section 5: The Wide World of Kotlin – Using Kotlin across the Entire Development Stack

Kotlin on Android

First class Kotlin for Android

Kotlin and Web Development

Building a Hello Kotlin project

Kotlin for the web

Integrating with existing JavaScript

Introducing Multiplatform Kotlin

Introducing Kotlin multiplatform

Creating your first Kotlin multiplatform project

Building a Kotlin multiplatform project

Understanding the limitations of Kotlin multiplatform

Taming the Monolith with Microservices

Understanding microservices

Writing microservices with Kotlin

Deploying your first Kotlin microservice

Practical Design Patterns

Understanding design patterns

Revisiting the Singleton pattern in Kotlin

Revisiting the Factory pattern in Kotlin

Revisiting the Builder pattern in Kotlin

Revisiting the Strategy pattern in Kotlin