Basic guide to develop an App in Android by using Kotlin

Key Features

Description

“Kotlin at a Glance" is a book that gives an in-depth knowledge about Kotlin. This book mainly focused on Kotlin programming language and its comparison to Java. By reading this book, the readers can make themselves familiar with the language’s most important features and aspects.

With a complete overview of OOPs, null safety, generics, and many other interesting features, this book is a perfect choice for fresher and experienced Java developers who want to learn more about this alternative JVM language.

For reading this book, there’s no need for any prior Kotlin knowledge, as the basics are explained in the book. Moreover, the required functional programming concepts are also described.

The readers of this book will also learn to develop an app in android using Kotlin. Moreover, this book is for everyone who is on their way of becoming a developer.

What will you learn

Who this book is for

This book will prove to be a “must-have” for beginners as well as experienced professionals as it is a stepping stone for learning the technology.

Table of Contents

1. OOP in Brief

2. An Introduction to Java

3. An Introduction to Kotlin

4. Kotlin Architecture

5. Kotlin Token

6. Kotlin Input

7. Kotlin Operator

8. String Operations

9. Conditional Statements

10. Jumping Statement

11. Looping / Control Flow / Iteration

12. Kotlin Array

13. Null Safety

14. Kotlin Function

15. Function Scope

16. Kotlin Lambda Functions and Exception Handling

17. Kotlin OOPs

18. Constructor

19. Inheritance

20. Abstract Keyword

21. Polymorphism

22. Collection

23. Coroutines

24. Generics

25. Regex

26. Interoperability with Java

27. Kotlin for Android

28. Extras

29. Interoperability with JavaScript

30. Glossary

31. Important Question

About the Author

Swati Saxena is expert in Java programmi