Head first Kotlin: a brain-friendly guide

✍ Scribed by Griffiths, Dawn;Griffiths, David

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Series: Head first series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What will you learn from this book?

Head First Kotlinis a complete introduction to coding in Kotlin. This hands-on book helps you learn the Kotlin language with a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals and teaches you how to think like a great Kotlin developer. You'll learn everything from language fundamentals to collections, generics, lambdas, and higher-order functions. Along the way, you'll get to play with both object-oriented and functional programming. If you want to really understand Kotlin, this is the book for you.

Why does this book look so different?

Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory,Head First Kotlinuses a visually rich format to engage your mind rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multisensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.

✦ Table of Contents

Intro --
Getting started: a quick dip --
Basic types and variables: being a variable --
Functions getting out of main --
Classes and objects: a bit of class --
Subclasses and superclasses: using your inheritance --
Abstract classes and interfaces: serious polymorphism --
Data classes: dealing with data --
Nulls and exceptions: safe and sound --
Collections: get organized --
Generics: know your ins from outs --
Lambdas and higher-order functions: treating code like data --
Built-in higher-order functions: power up your code --
Coroutines: running code in parallel --
Testing: hold your code to account --
Leftovers: the top ten things (we didn't cover).

✦ Subjects

Computer Science;Programming