Kotlin Programming Cookbook: Explore more than 100 recipes that show how to build robust mobile and web applications with Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Android

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Discover Android programming and web development by understanding the concepts of Kotlin Programming Key FeaturesPractical solutions to your common programming problems with Kotlin 1.1Leverage the functional power of Kotlin to ease your Android application developmentLearn to use Java code in conjunction with Kotlin Book Description The Android team has announced first-class support for Kotlin 1.1. This acts as an added boost to the language and more and more developers are now looking at Kotlin for their application development. This recipe-based book will be your guide to learning the Kotlin programming language. The recipes in this book build from simple language concepts to more complex applications of the language. After the fundamentals of the language, you will learn how to apply the object-oriented programming features of Kotlin 1.1. Programming with Lambdas will show you how to use the functional power of Kotlin. This book has recipes that will get you started with Android programming with Kotlin 1.1, providing quick solutions to common problems encountered during Android app development. You will also be taken through recipes that will teach you microservice and concurrent programming with Kotlin. Going forward, you will learn to test and secure your applications with Kotlin. Finally, this book supplies recipes that will help you migrate your Java code to Kotlin and will help ensure that it's interoperable with Java. What you will learnUnderstand the basics and object-oriented concepts of Kotlin ProgrammingExplore the full potential of collection frameworks in KotlinWork with SQLite databases in Android, make network calls, and fetch data over a networkUse Kotlin's Anko library for efficient and quick Android developmentUncover some of the best features of Kotlin: Lambdas and DelegatesSet up web service development environments, write servlets, and build RESTful services with KotlinLearn how to write unit tests, integration tests, and instrumentation/acceptance tests.Who This Book Is For This book will appeal to Kotlin developers keen to find solutions for their common programming problems. Java programming knowledge would be an added advantage. Table of ContentsInstallation and working with EnvironmentControl flow Classes and Objects Functions Object oriented programmingCollections Framework Handling File operations in KotlinAnko Commons and Extension function Anko LayoutsDatabases and Dependency Injection Networking and Concurrency Lambdas and DelegatesTestingWeb services with Kotlin