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Programming Kotlin

You're reading from   Programming Kotlin Get to grips quickly with the best Java alternative

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787126367
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Stefan Bocutiu Stefan Bocutiu
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Stephen Samuel Stephen Samuel
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Kotlin FREE CHAPTER 2. Kotlin Basics 3. Object-Oriented Programming in Kotlin 4. Functions in Kotlin 5. Higher Order Functions and Functional Programming 6. Properties 7. Null Safety, Reflection, and Annotations 8. Generics 9. Data Classes 10. Collections 11. Testing in Kotlin 12. Microservices with Kotlin 13. Concurrency

Summary

You have seen how to use the Kotlin collection API in great detail. You have learned how the standard library provides you with the distinction between immutable and mutable collection types, and how immutability is achieved at the interface level. You know now that Kotlin doesn't add any new collection, but rather relies on the existing Java large-collection library. Type aliasing done by the Kotlin compiler is not a mystery anymore. Now you can go and use the arrays properly because you leaned to use the specific implementations over the generic one when it comes to primitive types.

The Kotlin standard library provides you with the building blocks to express complex computations via a few simple extension methods, hopefully giving you a different perspective when it comes to choosing your next project language.

This chapter covers unit and integration testing using Kotlin using unit test frameworks. Unit testing is often a gateway into a new language, and this is no different...

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