Get to grips quickly with the best Java alternative
by Stephen Samuel
Kotlin has been making waves ever since it was open sourced by JetBrains in 2011; it has been praised by developers across the world and is already being adopted by companies. This book provides a detailed introduction to Kotlin that shows you all its features and will enable you to write Kotlin code to production.We start with the basics: get you ...
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Consider Kotlin in Action by Dmitry Jemerov.
“Practical and example-driven, this is a hands-on introduction to Kotlin that emphasizes readable code, safety features, and how to make Kotlin interoperate with existing Java projects. Chapters pair short explanations with runnable samples, notes about IDEs and build tools, and concrete advice for calling Java from Kotlin. What works best is teaching usable Kotlin patterns you can drop into a JVM codebase; the main limitation is a steady Java orientation and tooling detail that will feel dense if you wanted a lightweight, purely idiomatic language tour.”
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