Название: Kotlin Programming for Beginners: An Introduction to Learn the Kotlin Programming Language with Tutorials and Hands-On Examples
Автор: Nathan Metzler
Издательство: Lightbulb Publishing
Год: 2021
Страниц: 162
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 25.8 MB

Discover How to Build Highly-Resilient, Scalable, and Beautiful Android Apps With the Kotlin Programming Language! Are you looking for the perfect language as a beginner to kickstart your journey into software development? Are you a Java programmer, or any other programmer looking for an efficient way to get started designing awesome Android apps? Kotlin is a powerful, general-purpose programming language suitable for cross-platform development. In this comprehensive beginner's guide to Kotlin programming, you'll master the core foundations of Kotlin as well as build your own basic Android app from scratch!

Being a general purpose programming language, Kotlin can be used to build different kind of software. You can develop desktop applications, web applications, mobile applications, etc. With Google making the preferred android app development language in 2019, a lot of Kotlin development that is happening today is geared towards android application development.

There are plenty of Kotlin libraries with which you can build machine learning applications, data science applications, REST APIs, etc. Something as simple as accessing databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc. can be done using Kotlin with the help of the appropriate libraries. In fact, developing android applications can sometimes include heavy usage of SQLite which can easily be accomplished by this versatile programming language. Since Kotlin is fully interoperable with Java, all Java libraries can be imported in to your applications. Such multi-language software development is usually done using build automation tools such as Gradle. Some of the famous Android apps written in Kotlin are – Pinterest, Uber, Coursera, Evernote, Kickstarter, etc.

Here's what you're going to learn in Kotlin Programming for Beginners:

Everything you need to know about Kotlin and how it works together with Android
How to set up your environment for effective Kotlin application development
The core fundamentals of the Kotlin programming language to help you write high-quality code
Step-by-step instructions to build your first Kotlin application that runs on Android
How to develop aesthetically beautiful and robust layouts using RecyclerView, NavigationView, etc
Foolproof ways to test your applications using the available testing frameworks within Kotlin and keep your app free from bugs
...and tons, tons more!