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You're reading from Mastering Kotlin Learn advanced Kotlin programming techniques to build apps for Android, iOS, and the web

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838555726

Length 434 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Nate Ebel

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Kotlin – A Modern Solution to Application Development FREE CHAPTER

2. A New Challenger Approaches

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

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

5. Understanding Programming Paradigms in Kotlin

6. First-Class Functions

7. Modeling Real-World Data

8. Section 3: Play Nice – Integrating Kotlin With Existing Code

9. Interoperability as a Design Goal

10. Crossing Over – Working across Java and Kotlin

11. Controlling the Story

12. Baby Steps – Integration through Testing

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

14. Practical Concurrency

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

16. Fully Functional – Embracing Functional Programming

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

18. Kotlin on Android

19. Kotlin and Web Development

20. Introducing Multiplatform Kotlin

21. Taming the Monolith with Microservices

22. Practical Design Patterns

23. Assessments

24. Other Books You May Enjoy

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What is a DSL?

In this section, we're going to explore the fundamentals of DSLs. We'll discuss what they are and why they can be useful, and finally, we'll briefly explore several examples of Kotlin-based DSLs for different domains.

Domain-specific languages

So, what is a DSL? A DSL is a computer language targeting a specific problem or domain space. This is in contrast to general-purpose programming languages that are meant to be capable of solving general computing problems. HTML is an example of a domain-specific programming language as it's meant to be used for a very specific problem.

The distinction between general-purpose programming languages and domain-specific languages can be fuzzy at times...

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Authors (1)

Nate Ebel

Nate Ebel is a software developer who enjoys building great software and helping others do the same. He has worked with Android since its early days, across a variety of projects, from creative and educational apps, mapping and navigation applications, to the evolution of robotic controllers. Nate has a passion for technology, education, and software development, and enjoys opportunities to combine the three. He enjoys being involved in the Android developer community and is an active contributor through conference speaking, blogging, and event organizing. He is working to help himself and others dream, learn, and create in an effort to positively impact others.

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