Kotlin for Java Developers

( 154 Reviews )

Created by: Svetlana Isakova

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

Course Description

The Kotlin programming language is a modern language that gives you more power for your everyday tasks. Kotlin is concise, safe, pragmatic, and focused on interoperability with Java code. It can be used almost everywhere Java is used today: for server-side development, Android apps, and much more. Kotlin is 100% compatible with all existing Java frameworks, and has good tooling support. It's a pragmatic language with a very low learning curve, and can be quickly grasped by Java developers. Kotlin code might be compiled not only to JVM bytecode but to JavaScript and Native code as well, but this course is focused on Kotlin/JVM.This course aims to share with you the power and the beauty of Kotlin. We'll have a basic overview of the language, as well as a discussion of many corner cases, especially concerning Java interoperability. The course is based on your Java experience; it shows the similarities between the two languages and focuses on what's going to be different. Note that this course won't cover the programming fundamentals. We'll discuss: basic syntax, nullability, functional programming with Kotlin, object-oriented programming with Kotlin, the power of the Kotlin standard library, and Java interoperability.

Time: 19h

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Svetlana Isakova

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154 Reviews

Svetlana Isakova has worked on the Kotlin language at JetBrains. She's co-authored the books 'Kotlin in Action' and 'AtomicKotlin' and now is a Developer Advocate, where she spends her time teaching Kotlin and speaking at conferences worldwide.

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By Anton A on 21-Oct-19

Thanks very much, Svetlana and Andrey for that course!
It would be useful to add video solutions for the last task at week 5 to compare my implementation with one of the possible solutions proposed by the teacher

By Hamza A K on 21-Oct-19

It was a really good course for Kotlin. As an Android developer I've learned so many new features which I can use now.

By Gyorgy A on 3-Dec-18

Excellent course, thanks! Clean explanations, right to the point, good for java developers looking for a modern approach. Thanks for both teachers!

By James P on 29-Jan-19

Wonderful introduction to Kotlin for people who know something of Java.

By Mykhailo D on 30-Jan-19

Nice but easy, waiting for 2nd and 3rd course

By Andrii V on 18-Jan-19

cool

By Herman P on 28-Jan-19

I learned a lot of things!!! despite I have been using kotlin in my work. The materials and explanations are really good. One of the best courses I've taken in Coursera definitely!!!

By Piotr L on 14-Jul-19

Great course with great challenging assignments!

By Andrew G on 13-Jul-19

Great assignments and quizzes to go along with videos. More in-depth than any other Kotlin course I have taken with showing best practices and reasons to prefer certain patterns.

By Kaushik S on 22-Jun-19

Best course for Kotlin from the very best Jetbrains. Suitable for those who have worked with Java before (as the title states). The last exercise was pretty hard, almost died in the end. All in all, it is really helpful. I wish Jetbrains would come up with an advanced course promised in the conclusion video.

By Elijah R on 21-May-19

The course content covers why we choose some functions over others, in such a clear manner, and also offers exciting programming problems to solve.

By Vadim Z on 29-May-19