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In The Brain of Andrey Breslav: Introduction to Kotlin
Introduction to Kotlin
Kotlin is a modern statically typed language targeting JVM and JavaScript and intended for industrial use.
The main goal behind this project is to create a language that would be a good tool for developers, i.e. will be safe, concise, flexible, 100% Java-compatible and well-supported by IDE and other tooling.
Kotlin is an open-source project developed by JetBrains, creators of IntelliJ IDEA and ReSharper, with the help of the community.
At this talk, Andrey Breslav (Kotlin project lead) gives an overview of the language and the principles behind it.
Among other things, the following features will be covered:
- Static null-safety
- Extension functions
- Higher-order functions and type-safe builders
- Smart casts: Kotlin's lightweight pattern matching
- Enhancing existing Java APIs with Kotlin
- Developing mixed Kotlin/Java projects
To find out more about Kotlin, please refer to http://kotlin.jetbrains.org
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Hadi Hariri's Kotlin Workshop - 2nd May 2013
In this FREE hands-on workshop, hosted by Hadi Hariri you’ll learn about the basics of the language. You’ll discover some of the advantages that it offers, understand how to get the best of Object Orientation and Functional paradigms, create custom DSL’s and remove some of the pain of other popular languages such as Java and C#. You’ll see how to test your code, interop with existing frameworks as well as discover some of the new frameworks, such as web development frameworks, already available for Kotlin.
This workshop will be hands-on, so bring your laptop, and for the best results, have IntelliJ Ultimate OR Community (free) edition on it.
We are limiting numbers to 20 delegates to ensure the maximum interaction so book early to avoid disappointment!
Continuous Integration and Delivery - 14th March 2013
- Learn about the CI/CD process and the parts involved
- Work efficiently with tools and techniques to minimize setup costs and running operations
- Learn about the new techniques being applied to improve CI
- Deal with the change in mindset
- The course is taught by Paul Stack and in partnership with JetBrains.
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