TP2910

Introduction to Kotlin Training

In response to Google's Kotlin-first policy for Android, every team doing Android development needs to consider Kotlin. This three-day course is an in-depth introduction to the Kotlin language. This course is appropriate for developers who already know Java and Android or those wishing to learn the Kotlin Language. This course does not teach Android development fundamentals focusing rather on the Kotlin Language.
Course Details

Duration

3 days

Skills Gained

  • Understand Kotlin language fundamentals
  • Create Kotlin Classes and Objects
  • Write functions and lambdas in Kotlin
  • Use Kotlin Generics
  • Implement Concurrency with Coroutines
Course Outline
  • Overview
    • History of Kotlin
    • Kotlin compared to other languages
    • Kotlin Features
    • Running Kotlin
  • Variables and Data Types
    • Numeric Types
    • Literals
    • Variables
    • Type Conversions
  • Keywords and Operators
    • Hard Keywords
    • Soft Keywords
    • Operators
  • Arrays and Strings
    • Arrays
    • Creating Arrays
    • Array Methods
    • Strings
    • Escaped Strings
    • Raw Strings
  • Loops and Conditionals
    • Loops
    • Ranges
    • Conditionals
    • If
    • When
  • Null Safety
    • Why Null Safety?
    • Nullable References
    • The Safe Call Operator
    • The Elvis Operator
    • The Not-Null Assertion Operator
    • Safe Casts
  • Object Orientation
    • Classes
    • Inheritance
    • Interfaces
    • Access
    • Data Classes
    • Sealed Classes
  • Functions and Lambdas
    • Functions
    • Higher Order Functions
    • Lambdas
    • Extension Functions
  • More Functions
    • Function Scope
    • Infix Functions
    • Operator Overloading
    • Inline Functions
    • Tail Recursion
    • Scope Functions
  • Advanced Object Orientation
    • Nested Classes
    • Object Expressions
    • Object Declarations
    • Companion Objects
    • Delegation
    • Generics
  • Collections
    • List
    • Set
    • Map
    • Collection Transformations
  • Concurrency
    • Threads
    • Coroutines
  • Calling Java from Kotlin
    • Calling Java from Kotlin
    • Issues
  • Calling Kotlin from Java
    • Java calling Kotlin
    • Issues
  • Kotlin Domain Specifi Languages (DSLs)
    • Domain Specifi Languages
    • Lambdas
    • Extension Functions
    • DSL Markers