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Kotlin Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Kotlin Programming Cookbook Explore more than 100 recipes that show how to build robust mobile and web applications with Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Android

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788472142
Length 434 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aanand Shekhar Roy Aanand Shekhar Roy
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installation and Working with Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Control Flow 3. Classes and Objects 4. Functions 5. Object-Oriented Programming 6. Collections Framework 7. Handling File Operations in Kotlin 8. Anko Commons and Extension Function 9. Anko Layouts 10. Databases and Dependency Injection 11. Networking and Concurrency 12. Lambdas and Delegates 13. Testing 14. Web Services with Kotlin 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction


Anko is a Kotlin library that was developed to make the Android development experience better. Kotlin itself makes Android development easier, and Anko is a cherry on top of it. With helpers for almost all common Android functionalities, Anko drastically reduces the amount of code you write and makes Android development fun.

Anko consists of several parts:

  • Anko Commons: It consists of helper methods for intents, dialogs, logging, and so on, which reduces the amount of code significantly.
  • Anko Layouts: With this library, you don't have to stick to conventional XML to create visual interfaces. Anko layout is a fast and type-safe way to write dynamic Android layouts.
  • Anko SQLite: This is a query DSL and parser collection for Android SQLite, which makes working with underlying SQLite database substantially easy.
  • Anko Coroutines: Coroutines are a great way to do asynchronous programming. Anko coroutines provide utilities based on the kotlinx.coroutines ( https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx...
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